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Set collision behavior for a marker

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This example demonstrates how to manage marker collisions on a map using the AdvancedMarkerElement and CollisionBehavior properties.
Users can interactively select different collision behaviors to control how markers overlap or hide each other.
The sample code utilizes the Google Maps JavaScript API with TypeScript and JavaScript examples provided.
The code dynamically creates and positions multiple markers on the map, showcasing the impact of the selected collision behavior.
A dropdown menu allows users to choose between various collision behaviors, dynamically updating the marker display.

This example shows setting collision behavior for a marker.

Read the documentation.

TypeScript

let map: google.maps.Map;

// Initialize and add the map
async function initMap(): Promise<void> {
  // Request needed libraries.
  const { Map } = await google.maps.importLibrary("maps") as google.maps.MapsLibrary;
  const { AdvancedMarkerElement } = await google.maps.importLibrary("marker") as google.maps.MarkerLibrary;

  let markers: google.maps.marker.AdvancedMarkerElement[] = [];

  let collisionBehavior = google.maps.CollisionBehavior.REQUIRED;

  map = new Map(
    document.getElementById("map") as HTMLElement,
    {
      mapId: "6ff586e93e18149f",
      center: { lat: 47.609414458375674, lng: -122.33897030353548 },
      zoom: 17,
    } as google.maps.MapOptions
  );

  // @ts-ignore
  const select = new mdc.select.MDCSelect(
    document.querySelector(".mdc-select") as HTMLElement
  );


  select.listen("MDCSelect:change", () => {
    collisionBehavior = select.value;
    markers.forEach((marker) => {
      marker.collisionBehavior = collisionBehavior;
    });
  });

  select.value = collisionBehavior;

  // Create some markers on the map
  let locations = [
    [-122.3402, 47.6093],
    [-122.3402, 47.6094],
    [-122.3403, 47.6094],
    [-122.3384, 47.6098],
    [-122.3389, 47.6095],
    [-122.3396, 47.6095],
    [-122.3379, 47.6097],
    [-122.3378, 47.6097],
    [-122.3396, 47.6091],
    [-122.3383, 47.6089],
    [-122.3379, 47.6093],
    [-122.3381, 47.6095],
    [-122.3378, 47.6095],
  ];

  locations.forEach(([lng, lat]: number[]) => {
    const advancedMarker = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
      position: new google.maps.LatLng({ lat, lng }),
      map,
      collisionBehavior: collisionBehavior,
    });
    markers.push(advancedMarker);
  });
}

initMap();index.ts

JavaScript

let map;

// Initialize and add the map
async function initMap() {
  // Request needed libraries.
  const { Map } = await google.maps.importLibrary("maps");
  const { AdvancedMarkerElement } = await google.maps.importLibrary("marker");
  let markers = [];
  let collisionBehavior = google.maps.CollisionBehavior.REQUIRED;

  map = new Map(document.getElementById("map"), {
    mapId: "6ff586e93e18149f",
    center: { lat: 47.609414458375674, lng: -122.33897030353548 },
    zoom: 17,
  });

  // @ts-ignore
  const select = new mdc.select.MDCSelect(
    document.querySelector(".mdc-select"),
  );

  select.listen("MDCSelect:change", () => {
    collisionBehavior = select.value;
    markers.forEach((marker) => {
      marker.collisionBehavior = collisionBehavior;
    });
  });
  select.value = collisionBehavior;

  // Create some markers on the map
  let locations = [
    [-122.3402, 47.6093],
    [-122.3402, 47.6094],
    [-122.3403, 47.6094],
    [-122.3384, 47.6098],
    [-122.3389, 47.6095],
    [-122.3396, 47.6095],
    [-122.3379, 47.6097],
    [-122.3378, 47.6097],
    [-122.3396, 47.6091],
    [-122.3383, 47.6089],
    [-122.3379, 47.6093],
    [-122.3381, 47.6095],
    [-122.3378, 47.6095],
  ];

  locations.forEach(([lng, lat]) => {
    const advancedMarker = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
      position: new google.maps.LatLng({ lat, lng }),
      map,
      collisionBehavior: collisionBehavior,
    });

    markers.push(advancedMarker);
  });
}

initMap();index.js

CSS

:root {
  --mdc-theme-primary: #1a73e8;
  --mdc-theme-secondary: #rgb(225, 245, 254);
  --mdc-theme-on-primary: #fff;
  --mdc-theme-on-secondary: rgb(1, 87, 155);
}

.mdc-text-field--focused:not(.mdc-text-field--disabled) .mdc-floating-label {
  color: var(--mdc-theme-primary);
}

.mdc-select--focused .mdc-select__dropdown-icon {
  background: url(data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20width%3D%2210px%22%20height%3D%225px%22%20viewBox%3D%227%2010%2010%205%22%20version%3D%221.1%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20xmlns%3Axlink%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F1999%2Fxlink%22%3E%0A%20%20%20%20%3Cpolygon%20id%3D%22Shape%22%20stroke%3D%22none%22%20fill%3D%22%23000%22%20fill-rule%3D%22evenodd%22%20opacity%3D%220.54%22%20points%3D%227%2010%2012%2015%2017%2010%22%3E%3C%2Fpolygon%3E%0A%3C%2Fsvg%3E) no-repeat center;
}

.mdc-select:not(.mdc-select--disabled).mdc-select--focused .mdc-floating-label {
  color: var(--mdc-theme-primary);
}

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

#container {
  height: 100%;
  display: flex;
}

#sidebar {
  flex-basis: 15rem;
  flex-grow: 1;
  padding: 1rem;
  max-width: 30rem;
  height: 100%;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  overflow: auto;
}

#map {
  flex-basis: 0;
  flex-grow: 4;
  height: 100%;
}

.mdc-select,
.mdc-select__anchor,
.mdc-select__menu {
  width: 100%;
}
style.css

HTML

<html>
  <head>
    <title>Advanced Marker Collision Management</title>

    <link
      href="https://unpkg.com/material-components-web@6.0.0/dist/material-components-web.css"
      rel="stylesheet"
    />
    <script src="https://unpkg.com/material-components-web@6.0.0/dist/material-components-web.min.js"></script>
    <link
      rel="stylesheet"
      href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons"
    />

    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />
    <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="container">
      <div id="map"></div>
      <div id="sidebar">
        <div class="mdc-select mdc-select--outlined">
          <div
            class="mdc-select__anchor"
            aria-labelledby="outlined-select-label"
          >
            <input
              type="text"
              disabled
              readonly
              id="demo-selected-text"
              class="mdc-select__selected-text"
            />
            <i class="mdc-select__dropdown-icon"></i>
            <span class="mdc-notched-outline">
              <span class="mdc-notched-outline__leading"></span>
              <span class="mdc-notched-outline__notch">
                <span
                  id="outlined-select-label"
                  class="mdc-floating-label mdc-theme--primary"
                  >Pick a Collision Behavior</span
                >
              </span>
              <span class="mdc-notched-outline__trailing"></span>
            </span>
          </div>
          <div class="mdc-select__menu mdc-menu mdc-menu-surface">
            <ul class="mdc-list">
              <li class="mdc-list-item" data-value="REQUIRED">Required</li>
              <li
                class="mdc-list-item"
                data-value="REQUIRED_AND_HIDES_OPTIONAL"
              >
                Required and hides optional
              </li>
              <li
                class="mdc-list-item"
                data-value="OPTIONAL_AND_HIDES_LOWER_PRIORITY"
              >
                Optional and hides lower priority
              </li>
            </ul>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>

    <!-- prettier-ignore -->
    <script>(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: "AIzaSyB41DRUbKWJHPxaFjMAwdrzWzbVKartNGg", v: "weekly"});</script>
  </body>
</html>index.html

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Git and Node.js are required to run this sample locally. Follow these instructions to install Node.js and NPM. The following commands clone, install dependencies and start the sample application.

  git clone -b sample-advanced-markers-collision https://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples.git
  cd js-samples
  npm i
  npm start

Other samples can be tried by switching to any branch beginning with sample-SAMPLE_NAME.

  git checkout sample-SAMPLE_NAME
  npm i
  npm start