Low bandwidth maps
Pass a format value to tileLayers to request a lower quality tiles in areas of low bandwidth. See a full list of supported formats from our Static Tiles API documentation.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<title>Low bandwidth maps</title>
<meta name='viewport' content='initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no' />
<script src='https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox.js/v3.3.1/mapbox.js'></script>
<link href='https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox.js/v3.3.1/mapbox.css' rel='stylesheet' />
<style>
body { margin:0; padding:0; }
#map { position:absolute; top:0; bottom:0; width:100%; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id='map'></div>
<script>
L.mapbox.accessToken = '<your access token here>';
// Downsample tiles for faster load times on slow internet connections by
// adjusting the format property in styleLayer. See
// https://docs.mapbox.com/api/maps/#static-tiles for all format options.
var map = L.mapbox.map('map')
.setView([37.7762, -122.4299], 13);
L.mapbox.styleLayer('mapbox://styles/mapbox/streets-v11', {
tileLayer: {format: 'jpg70'}
}).addTo(map);
</script>
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Use this example by copying its source into your own HTML page and
replacing the Map ID
with
one of your own from your projects.
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