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L.mapbox.geocoder(id|url)

A low-level interface to geocoding, useful for more complex uses and reverse-geocoding.

Options Value Description
id or url string Value must be
  • An id string examples.map-foo
  • A URL to TileJSON, like http://a.tiles.mapbox.com/v3/examples.map-0l53fhk2.json

Returns a L.mapbox.geocoder object.

geocoder.query(queryString, callback)

Queries the geocoder with a query string, and returns its result, if any.

Options Value Description
queryString (required) string a query, expressed as a string, like 'Arkansas'
callback (required) function a callback

The callback is called with arguments

  1. An error, if any
  2. The result. This is an object with the following members:

     {
         results: // raw results
         latlng: // a map-friendly latlng array
         bounds: // geojson-style bounds of the first result
         lbounds: // leaflet-style bounds of the first result
     }
    

Returns: the geocoder object. The return value of this function is not useful - you must use a callback to get results.

geocoder.reverseQuery(location, callback)

Queries the geocoder with a location, and returns its result, if any.

Options Value Description
location (required) object A query, expressed as an object:
  • [lon, lat] // an array of lon, lat
  • { lat: 0, lon: 0 } // a lon, lat object
  • { lat: 0, lng: 0 } // a lng, lat object
The first argument can also be an array of objects in that form to geocode more than one item.
callback (required) function The callback is called with arguments
  • An error, if any
  • The result. This is an object of the raw result from Mapbox.

Returns: the geocoder object. The return value of this function is not useful - you must use a callback to get results.

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