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Disable zooming and panning

Create a map with no navigation handlers.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<title>Disable zooming and panning</title>
  <script src='http://api.tiles.mapbox.com/mapbox.js/v0.6.7/mapbox.js'></script>
  <link href='http://api.tiles.mapbox.com/mapbox.js/v0.6.7/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>

  // Create map
  var layer = mapbox.layer().id('examples.map-zgrqqx0w');

  // Create map with no handlers
  // The 4th argument is a list of handlers (drag, mousewheel, doubleclick).
  // Here we have it empty, to disable zooming and panning.
  var map = mapbox.map('map', layer, null, []);

  map.centerzoom({lat: 43.6, lon: -79.4 }, 10);

  // Attribute map
  map.ui.attribution.add()
      .content('<a href="http://mapbox.com/about/maps">Terms &amp; Feedback</a>');
</script>
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