# react-map-gl Example: Using Map as a controlled component This example shows a minimal app configuration to use react-map-gl's Map component with external view state management. ## Usage To run this example, you need a [Mapbox token](http://visgl.github.io/react-map-gl/docs/get-started/mapbox-tokens). You can either set it as `MAPBOX_TOKEN` in `app.js`, or set a `MapboxAccessToken` environment variable in the command line. ```bash npm i npm run start ``` To build a production version: ```bash npm run build ```