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Marker Clustering

Page Summary

This code demonstrates marker clustering on a map using the Google Maps JavaScript API.
It imports necessary libraries for maps, markers, and marker clustering.
Markers are created with alphabetical labels and clustered for better visualization.
An info window displays the latitude and longitude when a marker is clicked.
The sample can be run locally with Git and Node.js or tried directly in Google Cloud Shell.

Read the documentation.

TypeScript

import { MarkerClusterer } from '@googlemaps/markerclusterer';

async function init() {
    // Request needed libraries.
    const [{ InfoWindow }, { AdvancedMarkerElement, PinElement }] =
        await Promise.all([
            google.maps.importLibrary('maps'),
            google.maps.importLibrary('marker'),
        ]);

    const mapElement =
        document.querySelector<google.maps.MapElement>('gmp-map')!;
    const innerMap = mapElement.innerMap;

    const infoWindow = new InfoWindow({
        content: '',
        disableAutoPan: true,
    });

    // Create an array of alphabetical characters used to label the markers.
    const labels = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';

    // Add some markers to the map.
    const markers = locations.map((position, i) => {
        const label = labels[i % labels.length];
        const pinGlyph = new PinElement({
            glyphText: label,
            glyphColor: 'white',
        });

        const marker = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
            position,
            content: pinGlyph,
            gmpClickable: true,
        });

        // markers can only be keyboard focusable when they have click listeners
        // open info window when marker is clicked
        marker.addEventListener('gmp-click', () => {
            const content = document.createElement('div');
            content.textContent = `${String(position.lat)}, ${String(position.lng)}`;
            infoWindow.setContent(content);

            infoWindow.open({
                anchor: marker,
                map: innerMap,
            });
        });
        return marker;
    });

    // Add a marker clusterer to manage the markers.
    new MarkerClusterer({ markers, map: innerMap });
}

const locations = [
    { lat: -31.56391, lng: 147.154312 },
    { lat: -33.718234, lng: 150.363181 },
    { lat: -33.727111, lng: 150.371124 },
    { lat: -33.848588, lng: 151.209834 },
    { lat: -33.851702, lng: 151.216968 },
    { lat: -34.671264, lng: 150.863657 },
    { lat: -35.304724, lng: 148.662905 },
    { lat: -36.817685, lng: 175.699196 },
    { lat: -36.828611, lng: 175.790222 },
    { lat: -37.75, lng: 145.116667 },
    { lat: -37.759859, lng: 145.128708 },
    { lat: -37.765015, lng: 145.133858 },
    { lat: -37.770104, lng: 145.143299 },
    { lat: -37.7737, lng: 145.145187 },
    { lat: -37.774785, lng: 145.137978 },
    { lat: -37.819616, lng: 144.968119 },
    { lat: -38.330766, lng: 144.695692 },
    { lat: -39.927193, lng: 175.053218 },
    { lat: -41.330162, lng: 174.865694 },
    { lat: -42.734358, lng: 147.439506 },
    { lat: -42.734358, lng: 147.501315 },
    { lat: -42.735258, lng: 147.438 },
    { lat: -43.999792, lng: 170.463352 },
];

void init();index.ts

JavaScript

import { MarkerClusterer } from '@googlemaps/markerclusterer';

async function init() {
    // Request needed libraries.
    const [{ InfoWindow }, { AdvancedMarkerElement, PinElement }] =
        await Promise.all([
            google.maps.importLibrary('maps'),
            google.maps.importLibrary('marker'),
        ]);

    const mapElement = document.querySelector('gmp-map');
    const innerMap = mapElement.innerMap;

    const infoWindow = new InfoWindow({
        content: '',
        disableAutoPan: true,
    });

    // Create an array of alphabetical characters used to label the markers.
    const labels = 'ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ';

    // Add some markers to the map.
    const markers = locations.map((position, i) => {
        const label = labels[i % labels.length];
        const pinGlyph = new PinElement({
            glyphText: label,
            glyphColor: 'white',
        });

        const marker = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
            position,
            content: pinGlyph,
            gmpClickable: true,
        });

        // markers can only be keyboard focusable when they have click listeners
        // open info window when marker is clicked
        marker.addEventListener('gmp-click', () => {
            const content = document.createElement('div');
            content.textContent = `${String(position.lat)}, ${String(position.lng)}`;
            infoWindow.setContent(content);

            infoWindow.open({
                anchor: marker,
                map: innerMap,
            });
        });
        return marker;
    });

    // Add a marker clusterer to manage the markers.
    new MarkerClusterer({ markers, map: innerMap });
}

const locations = [
    { lat: -31.56391, lng: 147.154312 },
    { lat: -33.718234, lng: 150.363181 },
    { lat: -33.727111, lng: 150.371124 },
    { lat: -33.848588, lng: 151.209834 },
    { lat: -33.851702, lng: 151.216968 },
    { lat: -34.671264, lng: 150.863657 },
    { lat: -35.304724, lng: 148.662905 },
    { lat: -36.817685, lng: 175.699196 },
    { lat: -36.828611, lng: 175.790222 },
    { lat: -37.75, lng: 145.116667 },
    { lat: -37.759859, lng: 145.128708 },
    { lat: -37.765015, lng: 145.133858 },
    { lat: -37.770104, lng: 145.143299 },
    { lat: -37.7737, lng: 145.145187 },
    { lat: -37.774785, lng: 145.137978 },
    { lat: -37.819616, lng: 144.968119 },
    { lat: -38.330766, lng: 144.695692 },
    { lat: -39.927193, lng: 175.053218 },
    { lat: -41.330162, lng: 174.865694 },
    { lat: -42.734358, lng: 147.439506 },
    { lat: -42.734358, lng: 147.501315 },
    { lat: -42.735258, lng: 147.438 },
    { lat: -43.999792, lng: 170.463352 },
];

void init();index.js

CSS

html,
body {
    height: 100%;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}style.css

HTML

<html>
    <head>
        <title>Marker Clustering</title>

        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />
        <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
        <script>
            // prettier-ignore
            (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: "GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY",
            });
        </script>
    </head>
    <body>
        <gmp-map
            center="-28.024,140.887"
            zoom="3"
            map-id="DEMO_MAP_ID"></gmp-map>
    </body>
</html>index.html

Clone Sample

Git and Node.js are required to run this sample locally. Follow these instructions to install Node.js and NPM. You will also need a Google Maps API key.

The following commands clone the repository, install dependencies, and copy the environment file.

  git clone https://github.com/googlemaps-samples/js-api-samples.git
  cd js-api-samples
  npm i
  cp .env.template .env

Once you copy the environment file, make sure to open the .env file and replace <Insert your own development API key here> with your actual API key before starting the sample.

  cd samples/marker-clustering
  npm start