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Map.onClickStay organized with collectionsSave and categorize content based on your preferences.
Registers a callback that's fired when the map is clicked.
Returns an ID which can be passed to unlisten() to unregister the callback.
Usage
Returns
Map.onClick(callback)
String
Argument
Type
Details
callback
Function
The callback to fire when the map is clicked. The callback is passed an object containing the coordinates of the clicked point (with keys lon and lat) and the map widget.
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