geojson ignored when using mapbox - mapbox

Question

why does mapbox ignore my geoJson marker-symbol, marker-color, and marker-size? if for whatever reason it ignores, how do you set either?
sample geoJson:
"properties": {
"id": 578202,
"name": "University of North Carolina at Charlotte",
"marker-symbol": "marker",
"marker-color": "#ff8888",
"marker-size": "small",
"description": 1
}
script:
$.getJSON(url, function(data) {
var geojson = L.geoJson(data, {
onEachFeature: function(feature, layer) {
var popupContent = feature.properties.name +'project(s)';
layer.bindPopup(popupContent, {
closeButton: true,
minWidth: 225
});
}
});
var map = L.mapbox.map('map', '', {
attributionControl: false
});
geojson.addTo(map);
});

Answer 1

That's happening because L.GeoJSON doesn't automaticly know that you want to set the marker options, so if it encounters a Point feature, it simply adds a default marker. If you want to do something special with point features, you can use the pointToLayer function of L.GeoJSON, check the following example:
var geoJsonLayer = L.geoJson(geoJson, {
pointToLayer: function (feature, latLng) {
return L.marker(latLng, {
icon: L.mapbox.marker.icon(feature.properties)
});
}
}).addTo(map);
The only problem with this is that it also adds all the other properties as options of the markericon. Personally i would write some logic so that only the relevant properties get added to the icon options.
Here's a working example on Plunker: http://plnkr.co/edit/3OJPXxOYdzX8mSnjEb90?p=preview
As tmcw pointed out in the comments (see below): you could use L.mapbox.featureLayer, it does exactly what you're trying to accomplish with L.GeoJSON without having to resort to the pointToLayer method i described above and it only uses the appropriate properties. It can even load your data for you so you can do away with jQuery's $.getJSON. Win/win situation if you ask me. You can simply do the following and you're set:
L.mapbox.featureLayer(url).addTo(map);
Here's the working example of this on Plunker: http://plnkr.co/edit/Og6tuYDIkTX7ftedoR3C?p=preview