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Center the map on a clicked feature

Use events and flyTo to center the map on a circle layer.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<title>Center the map on a clicked feature</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no" />
<script src="https://cdn.ndrive.com/nmapsgl/v.1.6.8/nmaps-gl.js"></script>
<link href="https://cdn.ndrive.com/nmapsgl/v.1.6.8/nmaps-gl.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>
// TO MAKE THE MAP APPEAR YOU MUST ADD YOUR ACCESS TOKEN
nmapsgl.accessToken = '<your access token here>';
const map = new nmapsgl.Map({
container: 'map',
style: 'Streets',
center: [-90.96, -0.47],
zoom: 7.5
});
map.on('load', () => {
// Add a GeoJSON source with 3 points.
map.addSource('points', {
'type': 'geojson',
'data': {
'type': 'FeatureCollection',
'features': [
{
'type': 'Feature',
'properties': {},
'geometry': {
'type': 'Point',
'coordinates': [-91.3952, -0.9145]
}
},
{
'type': 'Feature',
'properties': {},
'geometry': {
'type': 'Point',
'coordinates': [-90.3295, -0.6344]
}
},
{
'type': 'Feature',
'properties': {},
'geometry': {
'type': 'Point',
'coordinates': [-91.3403, 0.0164]
}
}
]
}
});
// Add a circle layer
map.addLayer({
'id': 'circle',
'type': 'circle',
'source': 'points',
'paint': {
'circle-color': '#4264fb',
'circle-radius': 8,
'circle-stroke-width': 2,
'circle-stroke-color': '#ffffff'
}
});
// Center the map on the coordinates of any clicked circle from the 'circle' layer.
map.on('click', 'circle', (e) => {
map.flyTo({
center: e.features[0].geometry.coordinates
});
});
// Change the cursor to a pointer when the it enters a feature in the 'circle' layer.
map.on('mouseenter', 'circle', () => {
map.getCanvas().style.cursor = 'pointer';
});
// Change it back to a pointer when it leaves.
map.on('mouseleave', 'circle', () => {
map.getCanvas().style.cursor = '';
});
});
</script>
</body>
</html>