Add a Map with Markers using HTML

  • This example demonstrates adding markers to a map using the <gmp-advanced-marker> web component.

  • The sample utilizes Google Maps JavaScript API with web components for a streamlined approach.

  • Both TypeScript and JavaScript code snippets are provided for implementation flexibility.

  • The HTML structure showcases the integration of the map and markers within a web page.

  • Users can explore the sample interactively through JSFiddle or Google Cloud Shell, or clone the repository for local execution.

This example adds markers to a map, using <gmp-advanced-marker>.

Read the documentation.

TypeScript

// This example adds a map with markers, using web components.
async function initMap(): Promise<void> {
    console.log('Maps JavaScript API loaded.');
}
declare global {
    interface Window {
      initMap: () => void;
    }
  }
window.initMap = initMap;
index.ts

JavaScript

// This example adds a map with markers, using web components.
async function initMap() {
  console.log("Maps JavaScript API loaded.");
}

window.initMap = 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;
}

gmp-map {
  height: 400px;
}

style.css

HTML

<html>
  <head>
    <title>Add a Map with Markers using HTML</title>

    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />
    <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <gmp-map
      center="43.4142989,-124.2301242"
      zoom="4"
      map-id="DEMO_MAP_ID"
      style="height: 400px"
    >
      <gmp-advanced-marker
        position="37.4220656,-122.0840897"
        title="Mountain View, CA"
      ></gmp-advanced-marker>
      <gmp-advanced-marker
        position="47.648994,-122.3503845"
        title="Seattle, WA"
      ></gmp-advanced-marker>
    </gmp-map>

    <!-- 
      The `defer` attribute causes the script to execute after the full HTML
      document has been parsed. For non-blocking uses, avoiding race conditions,
      and consistent behavior across browsers, consider loading using Promises. See
      https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/load-maps-js-api
      for more information.
      -->
    <script
      src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyB41DRUbKWJHPxaFjMAwdrzWzbVKartNGg&libraries=maps,marker&v=beta"
      defer
    ></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 -b sample-web-components-markers https://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples.git
  cd js-samples
  npm i
  npm start

Other samples can be tried by switching to any branch beginning with sample-SAMPLE_NAME. 

  git checkout sample-SAMPLE_NAME
  npm i
  npm start