I'm currently working on implementing a google map for my website and stumbled across a great tutorial here which almost got me to the promised land. However, I have one more piece of functionality I'm looking to add. Inside my array I want display one of three different custom markers on my map. Does anyone have any ideas?
Here's a fiddle...
var locations = [
['Bondi Beach', -33.890542, 151.274856, 4],
['Coogee Beach', -33.923036, 151.259052, 5],
['Cronulla Beach', -34.028249, 151.157507, 3],
['Manly Beach', -33.80010128657071, 151.28747820854187, 2],
['Maroubra Beach', -33.950198, 151.259302, 1]
];
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
zoom: 10,
center: new google.maps.LatLng(-33.92, 151.25),
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
});
var infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();
var marker, i;
for (i = 0; i < locations.length; i++) {
marker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: new google.maps.LatLng(locations[i][1], locations[i][2]),
map: map
});
google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'click', (function (marker, i) {
return function () {
infowindow.setContent(locations[i][0]);
infowindow.open(map, marker);
}
})(marker, i));
}
<div id="map" style="width: 500px; height: 400px;"></div>
Simplest solution, add the URLs of the desired icons for the markers to your array:
var locations = [
['Bondi Beach', -33.890542, 151.274856, 4, "http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue.png"],
['Coogee Beach', -33.923036, 151.259052, 5, "http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/green.png"],
['Cronulla Beach', -34.028249, 151.157507, 3, "http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/yellow.png"],
['Manly Beach', -33.80010128657071, 151.28747820854187, 2, "http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue.png"],
['Maroubra Beach', -33.950198, 151.259302, 1, "http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue.png"]
];
Then use that in the marker constructor:
marker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: new google.maps.LatLng(locations[i][1], locations[i][2]),
icon: locations[i][4],
map: map
});
updated fiddle
code snippet:
var locations = [
['Bondi Beach', -33.890542, 151.274856, 4, "http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue.png"],
['Coogee Beach', -33.923036, 151.259052, 5, "http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/green.png"],
['Cronulla Beach', -34.028249, 151.157507, 3, "http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/yellow.png"],
['Manly Beach', -33.80010128657071, 151.28747820854187, 2, "http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue.png"],
['Maroubra Beach', -33.950198, 151.259302, 1, "http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/micons/blue.png"]
];
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
zoom: 10,
center: new google.maps.LatLng(-33.92, 151.25),
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
});
var infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();
var marker, i;
for (i = 0; i < locations.length; i++) {
marker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: new google.maps.LatLng(locations[i][1], locations[i][2]),
icon: locations[i][4],
title: locations[i][0],
map: map
});
google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'click', (function(marker, i) {
return function() {
infowindow.setContent(locations[i][0]);
infowindow.open(map, marker);
}
})(marker, i));
}
html,
body,
#map {
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
}
<script src="http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js"></script>
<div id="map"></div>
You haven't told us when you would like to display the custom marker but to display a custom maker you just define the image you want to display and pass is to the marker object as icon: yourMarker.
If you want to add a conditional statement to display a certain marker given a certain condition you can do that using if/else statements.
Here is a fiddle.
http://jsfiddle.net/chrislewispac/jmLq398e/1/
var locations = [
['Bondi Beach', -33.890542, 151.274856, 4],
['Coogee Beach', -33.923036, 151.259052, 5],
['Cronulla Beach', -34.028249, 151.157507, 3],
['Manly Beach', -33.80010128657071, 151.28747820854187, 2],
['Maroubra Beach', -33.950198, 151.259302, 1]
];
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
zoom: 10,
center: new google.maps.LatLng(-33.92, 151.25),
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
});
var infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();
var goldStar = {
path: 'M 125,5 155,90 245,90 175,145 200,230 125,180 50,230 75,145 5,90 95,90 z',
fillColor: 'yellow',
fillOpacity: 0.8,
scale: 0.05,
strokeColor: 'gold',
strokeWeight: 2
};
var marker, i;
for (i = 0; i < locations.length; i++) {
marker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: new google.maps.LatLng(locations[i][1], locations[i][2]),
icon: goldStar,
map: map
});
google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'click', (function(marker, i) {
return function() {
infowindow.setContent(locations[i][0]);
infowindow.open(map, marker);
}
})(marker, i));
}
Reference to the api:
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/marker-symbol-custom
EDIT:
Here is an update fiddle showing how to customize the icon based on geographic location.
http://jsfiddle.net/chrislewispac/jmLq398e/2/
var goldStar = {
path: 'M 125,5 155,90 245,90 175,145 200,230 125,180 50,230 75,145 5,90 95,90 z',
fillColor: 'yellow',
fillOpacity: 0.8,
scale: 0.05,
strokeColor: 'gold',
strokeWeight: 2
};
var blueStar = {
path: 'M 125,5 155,90 245,90 175,145 200,230 125,180 50,230 75,145 5,90 95,90 z',
fillColor: 'yellow',
fillOpacity: 0.8,
scale: 0.05,
strokeColor: 'blue',
strokeWeight: 2
};
var marker, i;
for (i = 0; i < locations.length; i++) {
if (locations[i][1] > -33.9){
var icon = blueStar
}
else {
var icon = goldStar
}
marker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: new google.maps.LatLng(locations[i][1], locations[i][2]),
icon: icon,
map: map
});
google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'click', (function (marker, i) {
return function () {
infowindow.setContent(locations[i][0]);
infowindow.open(map, marker);
}
})(marker, i));
}
Edit # 2
I converted your array of arrays to an array of objects and added a user property. I then adjusted your code to use the object instead of the array index.
var locations = [
{
name: 'Bondi Beach',
lat: -33.890542,
lon: 151.274856,
user: 1
}, /*[......]*/
{
name: 'Maroubra Beach',
lat: -33.950198,
lon: 151.259302,
user: 3
}
];
if (locations[i].user === 1){
var icon = blueStar
} else if (locations[i].user === 2) {
var icon = goldStar
}
else if (locations[i].user === 3) {
var icon = redStar
}
marker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: new google.maps.LatLng(locations[i].lat, locations[i].lon),
icon: icon,
map: map
});
http://jsfiddle.net/chrislewispac/jmLq398e/3/