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Customize advanced markers

Page Summary

This example demonstrates how to customize Google Maps markers using the Advanced Markers and PinElement classes.
You can add title text, scale markers, and change the color of the background, border, and glyph.
It also shows how to hide the glyph for a cleaner look, providing flexibility in marker design.
The provided code snippets in TypeScript, JavaScript, CSS, and HTML offer a comprehensive implementation guide.
To run the sample locally, you need Git and Node.js installed, then follow the cloning and installation instructions.

This example shows how to customize markers in the following ways:

Add title text
Scale the marker
Change the background color
Change the border color
Change the glyph color
Hide the glyph

Read the documentation.

TypeScript

const mapElement = document.querySelector('gmp-map')!;

async function init() {
    // Request needed libraries.
    const [{ AdvancedMarkerElement, PinElement }] = await Promise.all([
        google.maps.importLibrary('marker'),
        google.maps.importLibrary('maps'),
    ]);

    // Each PinElement is paired with a marker to demonstrate setting each parameter.

    // Default marker with title text (no PinElement).
    const markerWithText = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
        position: { lat: 37.419, lng: -122.03 },
        title: 'Title text for the marker at lat: 37.419, lng: -122.03',
    });
    mapElement.append(markerWithText);

    // Adjust the scale.
    const pinScaled = new PinElement({
        scale: 1.5,
    });
    const markerScaled = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
        position: { lat: 37.419, lng: -122.02 },
    });
    markerScaled.append(pinScaled);
    mapElement.append(markerScaled);

    // Change the background color.
    const pinBackground = new PinElement({
        background: '#FBBC04',
    });
    const markerBackground = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
        position: { lat: 37.419, lng: -122.01 },
    });
    markerBackground.append(pinBackground);
    mapElement.append(markerBackground);

    // Change the border color.
    const pinBorder = new PinElement({
        borderColor: '#137333',
    });
    const markerBorder = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
        position: { lat: 37.415, lng: -122.035 },
    });
    markerBorder.append(pinBorder);
    mapElement.append(markerBorder);

    // Change the glyph color.
    const pinGlyph = new PinElement({
        glyphColor: 'white',
    });
    const markerGlyph = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
        position: { lat: 37.415, lng: -122.025 },
    });
    markerGlyph.append(pinGlyph);
    mapElement.append(markerGlyph);

    const pinTextGlyph = new PinElement({
        glyphText: 'T',
        glyphColor: 'white',
    });
    const markerGlyphText = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
        position: { lat: 37.415, lng: -122.015 },
    });
    markerGlyphText.append(pinTextGlyph);
    mapElement.append(markerGlyphText);

    // Hide the glyph.
    const pinNoGlyph = new PinElement({
        glyphText: '',
    });
    const markerNoGlyph = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
        position: { lat: 37.415, lng: -122.005 },
    });
    markerNoGlyph.append(pinNoGlyph);
    mapElement.append(markerNoGlyph);
}

void init();index.ts

JavaScript

const mapElement = document.querySelector('gmp-map');

async function init() {
    // Request needed libraries.
    const [{ AdvancedMarkerElement, PinElement }] = await Promise.all([
        google.maps.importLibrary('marker'),
        google.maps.importLibrary('maps'),
    ]);

    // Each PinElement is paired with a marker to demonstrate setting each parameter.

    // Default marker with title text (no PinElement).
    const markerWithText = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
        position: { lat: 37.419, lng: -122.03 },
        title: 'Title text for the marker at lat: 37.419, lng: -122.03',
    });
    mapElement.append(markerWithText);

    // Adjust the scale.
    const pinScaled = new PinElement({
        scale: 1.5,
    });
    const markerScaled = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
        position: { lat: 37.419, lng: -122.02 },
    });
    markerScaled.append(pinScaled);
    mapElement.append(markerScaled);

    // Change the background color.
    const pinBackground = new PinElement({
        background: '#FBBC04',
    });
    const markerBackground = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
        position: { lat: 37.419, lng: -122.01 },
    });
    markerBackground.append(pinBackground);
    mapElement.append(markerBackground);

    // Change the border color.
    const pinBorder = new PinElement({
        borderColor: '#137333',
    });
    const markerBorder = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
        position: { lat: 37.415, lng: -122.035 },
    });
    markerBorder.append(pinBorder);
    mapElement.append(markerBorder);

    // Change the glyph color.
    const pinGlyph = new PinElement({
        glyphColor: 'white',
    });
    const markerGlyph = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
        position: { lat: 37.415, lng: -122.025 },
    });
    markerGlyph.append(pinGlyph);
    mapElement.append(markerGlyph);

    const pinTextGlyph = new PinElement({
        glyphText: 'T',
        glyphColor: 'white',
    });
    const markerGlyphText = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
        position: { lat: 37.415, lng: -122.015 },
    });
    markerGlyphText.append(pinTextGlyph);
    mapElement.append(markerGlyphText);

    // Hide the glyph.
    const pinNoGlyph = new PinElement({
        glyphText: '',
    });
    const markerNoGlyph = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
        position: { lat: 37.415, lng: -122.005 },
    });
    markerNoGlyph.append(pinNoGlyph);
    mapElement.append(markerNoGlyph);
}

void init();index.js

CSS

/* 
 * Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div element
 * that contains the map. 
 */
gmp-map {
    height: 100%;
}

/* 
 * Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. 
 */
html,
body {
    height: 100%;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}
style.css

HTML

<html>
    <head>
        <title>Advanced Marker Basic Customization</title>

        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />
        <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
        <script>
            // prettier-ignore
            (g=>{var h,a,k,p="The Google Maps JavaScript API",c="google",l="importLibrary",q="__ib__",m=document,b=window;b=b[c]||(b[c]={});var d=b.maps||(b.maps={}),r=new Set,e=new URLSearchParams,u=()=>h||(h=new Promise(async(f,n)=>{await (a=m.createElement("script"));e.set("libraries",[...r]+"");for(k in g)e.set(k.replace(/[A-Z]/g,t=>"_"+t[0].toLowerCase()),g[k]);e.set("callback",c+".maps."+q);a.src=`https://maps.${c}apis.com/maps/api/js?`+e;d[q]=f;a.onerror=()=>h=n(Error(p+" could not load."));a.nonce=m.querySelector("script[nonce]")?.nonce||"";m.head.append(a)}));d[l]?console.warn(p+" only loads once. Ignoring:",g):d[l]=(f,...n)=>r.add(f)&&u().then(()=>d[l](f,...n))})({
                key: "GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY"
            });
        </script>
    </head>
    <body>
        <gmp-map
            center="37.419,-122.02"
            zoom="14"
            map-id="4504f8b37365c3d0"></gmp-map>
    </body>
</html>index.html

Clone Sample

Git and Node.js are required to run this sample locally. Follow these instructions to install Node.js and NPM. You will also need a Google Maps API key.

The following commands clone the repository, install dependencies, and copy the environment file.

  git clone https://github.com/googlemaps-samples/js-api-samples.git
  cd js-api-samples
  npm i
  cp .env.template .env

Once you copy the environment file, make sure to open the .env file and replace <Insert your own development API key here> with your actual API key before starting the sample.

  cd samples/advanced-markers-basic-style
  npm start