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Markers CSV Support

Use simple comma-separated input for markers layers
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset=utf-8 />
<title>Markers CSV Support</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>
  var map = mapbox.map('map');
  map.addLayer(mapbox.layer().id('examples.map-9ijuk24y'));

  // Create a markers layer with features from a CSV string.
  // If you have a remote CSV file (on the same server, though,
  // due to the same origin policy
  // http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same_origin_policy
  // Then you can use jQuery.ajax or reqwest to do an AJAX request
  // for its content.
  var markerLayer = mapbox.markers.layer().csv('lat,lon,title,marker-color\n40.5,14,Naples,#180392');

  // Add interaction to this marker layer. This
  // binds tooltips to each marker that has title
  // and description defined.
  mapbox.markers.interaction(markerLayer);
  map.addLayer(markerLayer);

  map.zoom(6).center({ lat: 41.673, lon: 12.656 });

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