Customize markers

The following example shows how to customize markers in Photorealistic 3D Maps in Maps JavaScript.

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JavaScriptCSSHTML
async function init() {
    const { Map3DElement, Marker3DElement } = await google.maps.importLibrary("maps3d");
    const { PinElement } = await google.maps.importLibrary("marker");
    const map = new Map3DElement({
        center: { lat: 37.4176, lng: -122.02, altitude: 0 },
        tilt: 67.5,
        range: 7000,
        mode: 'HYBRID'
    });
    map.mode = "SATELLITE";
    // Change the border color.
    const pinBorder = new PinElement({
        borderColor: '#FFFFFF',
    });
    const markerWithBorder = new Marker3DElement({
        position: { lat: 37.415, lng: -122.035 },
    });
    markerWithBorder.append(pinBorder);
    // Add a label.
    const markerWithLabel = new Marker3DElement({
        position: { lat: 37.419, lng: -122.03 },
        label: 'Simple label'
    });
    // Adjust the scale.
    const pinScaled = new PinElement({
        scale: 1.5,
    });
    const markerWithScale = new Marker3DElement({
        position: { lat: 37.419, lng: -122.02 },
    });
    markerWithScale.append(pinScaled);
    // Change the glyph color.
    const pinGlyph = new PinElement({
        glyphColor: 'white',
    });
    const markerWithGlyphColor = new Marker3DElement({
        position: { lat: 37.415, lng: -122.025 },
    });
    markerWithGlyphColor.append(pinGlyph);
    // Change many elements together and extrude marker.
    const pinTextGlyph = new PinElement({
        background: '#F0F6FC',
        glyph: 'E',
        glyphColor: 'red',
        borderColor: '#0000FF',
    });
    const markerWithGlyphText = new Marker3DElement({
        position: { lat: 37.415, lng: -122.015, altitude: 50 },
        extruded: true,
        altitudeMode: "RELATIVE_TO_GROUND",
    });
    markerWithGlyphText.append(pinTextGlyph);
    // Hide the glyph.
    const pinNoGlyph = new PinElement({
        glyph: '',
    });
    const markerWithNoGlyph = new Marker3DElement({
        position: { lat: 37.415, lng: -122.005 },
    });
    markerWithNoGlyph.append(pinNoGlyph);
    // Change the background color.
    const pinBackground = new PinElement({
        background: '#FBBC04',
    });
    const markerWithBackground = new Marker3DElement({
        position: { lat: 37.419, lng: -122.01 },
    });
    markerWithBackground.append(pinBackground);
    map.append(markerWithLabel);
    map.append(markerWithScale);
    map.append(markerWithBackground);
    map.append(markerWithBorder);
    map.append(markerWithGlyphColor);
    map.append(markerWithGlyphText);
    map.append(markerWithNoGlyph);
    document.body.append(map);
}
init();
index.js
 
/* * Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div element
 * that contains the map. 
 */
html,
map {
  height: 100%;
}
body {
  height: 100%;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}
style.css
 
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Map</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: "beta",});</script>
  </body>
</html>
index.html

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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/3d-marker-customization
  npm i
  npm start