Mouse position

Display geographic coordinates & pixel mouse position

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<title>Mouse position</title>
<meta name='viewport' content='initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no' />
<script src='https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox.js/v3.1.1/mapbox.js'></script>
<link href='https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox.js/v3.1.1/mapbox.css' rel='stylesheet' />
<style>
  body { margin:0; padding:0; }
  #map { position:absolute; top:0; bottom:0; width:100%; }
</style>
</head>
<body>

<style>
.ui-control {
  background:#fff;
  position:absolute;
  top:10px;
  right:10px;
  padding:10px;
  z-index:100;
  border-radius:3px;
  }
</style>

<div id='output' class='ui-control'>
  Click: <code id='click'></code><br/>
  Mousemove: <code id='mousemove'></code><br/>
</div>
<div id='map'></div>

<script>
L.mapbox.accessToken = '<your access token here>';
var click = document.getElementById('click'),
    mousemove = document.getElementById('mousemove');

var map = L.mapbox.map('map', 'mapbox.streets');

map.on('mousemove click', function(e) {
    window[e.type].innerHTML = e.containerPoint.toString() + ', ' + e.latlng.toString();
});
</script>

to create your own custom map and use it in this example.

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