}
        // otherwise this is just geojson and we use leaflet's built-in geojson layer
        //funny enough, the omnivore plugin doesn't have a geojson.parse method like
        //it does for topojson
        else {
            layer = L.geoJson(geo_data, {
                                style: styleFeature,
                                pointToLayer: function (feature, latlng) {
                                    return L.circleMarker(latlng, styleFeature(feature));
                                }