Add an advanced marker

  • This example demonstrates how to add an advanced marker to a map using the AdvancedMarkerElement class from the Google Maps JavaScript API.

  • The code imports the necessary libraries, initializes a map centered on specific coordinates, and then creates and places an advanced marker at the same location.

  • Included are code snippets in TypeScript, JavaScript, CSS, and HTML for a complete implementation of this feature.

  • You can explore the sample further through provided links for documentation, a live demo (JSFiddle), and instructions for running it locally using Git and Node.js.

This example shows creating a new AdvancedMarkerElement to add an advanced marker to a map.

Read the documentation.

TypeScript

async function initMap() {
    // 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;

    const map = new Map(document.getElementById('map') as HTMLElement, {
        center: { lat: 37.4239163, lng: -122.0947209 },
        zoom: 14,
        mapId: '4504f8b37365c3d0',
    });

    const marker = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
        map,
        position: { lat: 37.4239163, lng: -122.0947209 },
    });
}
initMap();
index.ts

JavaScript

async function initMap() {
    // Request needed libraries.
    const { Map } = await google.maps.importLibrary("maps");
    const { AdvancedMarkerElement } = await google.maps.importLibrary("marker");
    const map = new Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
        center: { lat: 37.4239163, lng: -122.0947209 },
        zoom: 14,
        mapId: '4504f8b37365c3d0',
    });
    const marker = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
        map,
        position: { lat: 37.4239163, lng: -122.0947209 },
    });
}
initMap();
index.js

CSS

/* 
 * Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div element
 * that contains the map. 
 */
#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>Default Advanced Marker</title>

    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />
    <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="map"></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: "AIzaSyA6myHzS10YXdcazAFalmXvDkrYCp5cLc8", v: "weekly"});</script>
  </body>
</html>
index.html

Try Sample

Clone Sample

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 https://github.com/googlemaps-samples/js-api-samples.git
  cd samples/advanced-markers-simple
  npm i
  npm start