I'm working on a project using Google Maps v3 that will allow users to drag and drop randomly placed markers (quantity, coordinates, and labels generated with php).
I would like the latitude and longitude of moved markers to update html input fields on the page. Unfortunately, I do not know enough about js to give each marker a unique identity in an efficient way by using arrays and/or 'variable variables'.
Here is my code thus far:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" />
<style type="text/css">
html { height: 100% }
body { height: 100%; margin: 0px; padding: 0px }
#map_canvas { height: 100% }
</style>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=true"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
function initialize()
{
var latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(39.3939,-119.861);
var myOptions =
{
zoom: 17,
center: latlng,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.SATELLITE
};
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"),
myOptions);
// Set Border Coords
var BorderCoords =
[
new google.maps.LatLng(39.3952726888,-119.85922848),
new google.maps.LatLng(39.3925273112,-119.85922848),
new google.maps.LatLng(39.3925273112,-119.86277152),
new google.maps.LatLng(39.3952726888,-119.86277152)
];
// Define Border
Border = new google.maps.Polygon
({
map: map,
paths: BorderCoords,
strokeColor: "#FF0000",
strokeOpacity: 0.8,
strokeWeight: 2
});
// Set marker coords
var MarkerCoords =
[
[39.3930761,-119.8612324],
[39.3947606,-119.8617452],
[39.3948516,-119.8619689],
[39.3929412,-119.859542],
[39.3947902,-119.8601571],
[39.3940501,-119.8593369]
];
// Set marker properties
var MarkerProp =
[
["Red","A"],
["Red","B"],
["Red","C"],
["Blue","A"],
["Blue","B"],
["Blue","C"]
];
// Define marker coords
for (var i = 0; i < MarkerCoords.length; i++)
{
var markers = new google.maps.Marker
({
map: map,
position: new google.maps.LatLng(MarkerCoords[i][0],MarkerCoords[i][1]),
clickable: true,
draggable: true,
icon: 'img/icons/'+MarkerProp[i][0]+'/letter_'+MarkerProp[i][1]+'.png'
});
google.maps.event.addListener(markers, "dragend", function()
{
//These variables will not work
//var latstr = eval('lat_'+MarkerProp[i][0]+'_'+MarkerProp[i][1]);
//var lngstr = eval('lng_'+MarkerProp[i][0]+'_'+MarkerProp[i][1]);
//var lat = document.getElementById(latstr);
//var lng = document.getElementById(lngstr);
//these lat/lng variables work for only one set of input fields
var lat = document.getElementById('lat_Blue_C');
var lng = document.getElementById('lng_Blue_C');
var coords = this.getPosition()
lat.value = coords.lat();
lng.value = coords.lng();
});
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body onload="initialize()">
<div id="map_canvas" style="width:700px; height:400px"></div>
<br/>
<input id="lat_Red_A" type="text">
<input id="lng_Red_A" type="text">
<br/>
<input id="lat_Red_B" type="text">
<input id="lng_Red_B" type="text">
<br/>
<input id="lat_Red_C" type="text">
<input id="lng_Red_C" type="text">
<br/>
<input id="lat_Blue_A" type="text">
<input id="lng_Blue_A" type="text">
<br/>
<input id="lat_Blue_B" type="text">
<input id="lng_Blue_B" type="text">
<br/>
<input id="lat_Blue_C" type="text">
<input id="lng_Blue_C" type="text">
<br/>
</body>
</html>
Well one of the beautiful things about JavaScript is that you can assign objects fields on the fly. One thing you could do would give each marker a name or an id. To do that you simply say:
Then you can get the value of that like you would any property by calling marker.id;
That is probably the most efficient way of giving them unique id's. In your eventhandler for the dragend you could then just do and if-then-else to check which marker it was and update the related input fields.
Here is the answer. Define a custom id based on your marker properties and based on that access yout input field ids: