I am trying to replace Google's default icon with the one I am using. However, the default marker is still being shown on the map. As a JavaScript newbie my skills are still dodgy. Could anyone please inspect my code to see what went wrong? Thanks.
var hq_icon = "C:\Users\User.CARRIESHIH-PC\Desktop\Map_dev\hq.png";
var map=new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("googleMap"),mapProp);
var HQMarker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: FirsteamHQ,
map: map,
icon: hq_icon
});
HQMarker.setMap(map);
You cannot load a local file from an absolute path. Serve the file via HTTP(S) or use a relative path.
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A complete example:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang = "en">
<head>
<style type="text/css">
html{height: 100%}
body{height: 100%; margin: 0; padding: 0}
#map-canvas{height: 100%}
</style>
<title>GMaps Demo</title>
<script src = "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false"></script>
<script>
function initialize(){
var mapOptions = {
center: new google.maps.LatLng(-34.397, 150.644),
zoom: 8,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
};
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map-canvas"), mapOptions);
var hq_icon = "http://i.imgur.com/Na6VUFY.png";
var HQMarker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: new google.maps.LatLng(-34.397, 150.644),
map: map,
icon: hq_icon
});
HQMarker.setMap(map);
}
google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id = "map-canvas">
</div>
</body>
</html>
You need to provide your script with a relative path to your icon file:
var hq_icon = "relative/path/to/hq.png";
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("googleMap"), mapProp);
var HQMarker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: FirsteamHQ,
map: map,
icon: hq_icon
});
HQMarker.setMap(map);
So if for example your above script is in the below structure in map.js and your hq.png image is in images/markers
Project
|
|-- map.js
|
+-- images
|
+-- markers
|
|-- hq.png
Then the relative path would be images/markers/hq.png
I think you are missing the coordinates (position). That should be something like this
position: new google.maps.LatLng(lat, lng)
Related
I am trying to create a map with markers.
But in the below code I can't see the markers.
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" />
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/>
<title>Google Maps - pygmaps </title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?libraries=visualization&sensor=true_or_false"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
function initialize() {
var centerlatlng = new google.maps.LatLng(37.427000, -122.145000);
var myOptions = {
zoom: 16,
center: centerlatlng,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
};
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"), myOptions);
var latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(37.427000, -122.145000);
var img = new google.maps.MarkerImage('C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\gmplot\markers\D8BFD8.png');
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
title: "no implementation",
icon: img,
position: latlng
});
marker.setMap(map);
var latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(37.428000, -122.146000);
var img = new google.maps.MarkerImage('C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\gmplot\markers\6495ED.png');
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
title: "no implementation",
icon: img,
position: latlng
});
marker.setMap(map);
var latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(37.429000, -122.144000);
var img = new google.maps.MarkerImage('C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\gmplot\markers\000000.png');
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
title: "no implementation",
icon: img,
position: latlng
});
marker.setMap(map);
}
</script>
</head>
<body style="margin:0px; padding:0px;" onload="initialize()">
<div id="map_canvas" style="width: 100%; height: 100%;"></div>
</body>
</html>
For example: C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\gmplot\markers\6495ED.png exists by the way. I can see that there are images but images dont appear on the map. Can anyone say how can I fix this situation?
Your path is incorrect. Change it with for example this URL.
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/full/images/beachflag.png
and you will see markers.
You can find more about marker icons here
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/icon-complex?hl=ru
I had an issue with something similar recently and just using forward slashes instead of back slashes fixed it
So I'm trying to implement Google maps on a website, and on my localhost it works fine, and I see it perfectly.
However when I upload this to my hosting company, the map doesn't show at all.
When I inspect the element and check the console, I don't see any errors.
Code is below:
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=MYAPIKEY"></script>
<script>
function initialize() {
var mapCanvas = document.getElementById('map-canvas');
var myLatlng = new google.maps.LatLng(53.092975, -7.895479);
var mapOptions = {
center: myLatlng,
zoom:16,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
}
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map-canvas'), mapOptions);
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: myLatlng,
map: map,
title: 'LCCEurotex'
});
}
google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);
</script>
I have no idea what could be causing it as my code looks the same as the one from the google documentation.
Any ideas on what could be causing it would be great.
Thanks for any help!
Move this portion of code to the footer page, Probably you has binding the map and div container is not property loaded, additionally, tray adding a heigth to the id map_canvas as default in your css.
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyDo7nFkoUthlGms4De0miS4EPfupB5x0cY"></script>
<script>
function initialize() {
var mapCanvas = document.getElementById('map-canvas');
var myLatlng = new google.maps.LatLng(53.092975, -7.895479);
var mapOptions = {
center: myLatlng,
zoom:16,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
}
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map-canvas'), mapOptions);
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: myLatlng,
map: map,
title: 'LCCEurotex'
});
}
google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);
</script>
In your CSS
div#map-canvas {
height: 500px !important;
}
Only add http:// to url of google maps api, change this line:
<script type="text/javascript" src="maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false"></script>
By this:
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=true"></script>
I would like to ask you a solution for this problem.
I have a JS with a variable inside that is updated overtime by a JAVA application (i.e. JAVA writer into a thread), after that I take the coordinates from that variable and I create a new object Marker for my google maps. The problem is that the marker does not changes position, it changes only if I refresh the whole page (I dont want to do this).
Here's the code to be more clear.
The inputData.js where the variable is written by the java application
var newMarker = {'latitude':38.25705300000004,'longitude': 140.83760400000006};
my html page used to display the map
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no">
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Simple markers</title>
<style>
html, body, #map-canvas {
height: 100%;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px
}
</style>
<script type="text/javascript"
src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=MYKEY">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="inputData.js"></script>
<script>
var map;
var sendai = new google.maps.LatLng(38.259535, 140.846816);
var lastPosition;
var image = 'images/circle-16.png';
function initialize() {
var mapOptions = {
zoom: 12,
center: sendai,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP};
map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map-canvas'), mapOptions);
}
setInterval(refreshData, 2000);
function refreshData() {
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
map: map,
icon: image,
draggable: false
});
marker.setPosition(new google.maps.LatLng(newMarker.latitude, newMarker.longitude));
map.setCenter(new google.maps.LatLng(newMarker.latitude, newMarker.longitude));
map.setZoom(18);
}
google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="map-canvas"></div>
</body>
</html>
If I open my page like this everything work but when I change the script "inputData.js" the marker does not changes position.
The method setCenter on the other hand seems to work properly.
Help me please!
You'll need to reload the updated script to get the updated position:
function initialize() {
var mapOptions = {
zoom: 18,
center: sendai,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP},
map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map-canvas'),
mapOptions),
//we will store the LatLng here
pos = new google.maps.MVCObject(),
//use a single marker with updated position
marker = new google.maps.Marker();
//set the latLng of the MVCObject
pos.set('latLng',new google.maps.LatLng(newMarker.latitude,
newMarker.longitude));
//bind the markers position to the latLng of the MVCObject
marker.bindTo('position',pos,'latLng');
marker.setMap(map);
setInterval(function(){
//the currently loaded script
var script=document.querySelector('script[src^="inputData.js"]'),
//the updated script
update=document.createElement('script');
//load-handler for the updated script
google.maps.event.addDomListenerOnce(update,'load',function(){
pos.set('latLng',new google.maps.LatLng(newMarker.latitude,
newMarker.longitude));
map.setCenter(pos.get('latLng'));
map.setZoom(18);
});
//replace current script with updated script
script.parentNode.replaceChild(update,script);
//load update
update.src='inputData.js?'+new Date().getTime();
},2000);
}
You don't need to create new instance of marker every time. Update your code with this and try:
var map;
var sendai = new google.maps.LatLng(38.259535, 140.846816);
var lastPosition;
var image = 'images/circle-16.png';
function initialize() {
var mapOptions = {
zoom: 12,
center: sendai,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP};
map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map-canvas'), mapOptions);
}
var marker;
marker = new google.maps.Marker({
map: map,
icon: image,
draggable: false
});
marker.setPosition(new google.maps.LatLng(newMarker.latitude, newMarker.longitude));
map.setCenter(new google.maps.LatLng(newMarker.latitude, newMarker.longitude));
map.setZoom(18);
setInterval(refreshData, 2000);
function refreshData() {
marker.setPosition(new google.maps.LatLng(newMarker.latitude, newMarker.longitude));
map.setCenter(new google.maps.LatLng(newMarker.latitude, newMarker.longitude));
map.setZoom(18);
}
google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);
This is my entire code(just a test page). It shows the map but not the marker. How can I make it show the marker?
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
#map_canvas {
width: 500px;
height: 400px;
}
</style>
<script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js"></script>
<script>
function initialize() {
var map_canvas = document.getElementById('map_canvas');
var map_options = {
center: new google.maps.LatLng(44.5403, -78.5463),
zoom: 8,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
}
var map = new google.maps.Map(map_canvas, map_options)
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: latLng,
map: map
});
}
google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="map_canvas"></div>
</body>
</html>
The problem with your code is that you haven't defined any variable latLng and you are using it in marker. So obviously your code will not work. First define the latLng and then use.
Define it something like this:
var latLng = new google.maps.LatLng(44.5403, -78.5463);//Your marker coordinates.
and then use it in your code like:
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: latLng,
map: map
});
Demo : http://jsfiddle.net/lotusgodkk/x8dSP/3520/
I am sure this is a simple fix, but I've been searching all over and everything I try just does not work. All I'm trying to do is replace the default marker with a custom icon, but it will not show up. Here's my code:
<script type="text/javascript">
function initialize() {
var myLatlng = new google.maps.LatLng(43.041936,-88.044523);
var mapOptions = {
center:myLatlng,
zoom:15,
disableDefaultUI:true,
mapTypeId:google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
}
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("milwaukeeMap"), mapOptions);
var marker = new google.maps.Marker();
marker.setPosition(myLatlng);
marker.setMap(map);
marker.setIcon('/images/map-marker.png');
}
google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);
</script>
I know the image is in the correct location; I can find it in my browser if I type the path. I've checked and double-checked, but is there a problem with my code? Sorry, I can't provide a live example.
<script type="text/javascript">
function initialize() {
var myLatlng = new google.maps.LatLng(43.041936,-88.044523);
var mapOptions = {
center:myLatlng,
zoom:15,
disableDefaultUI:true,
mapTypeId:google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
}
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("milwaukeeMap"), mapOptions);
var markerImage = 'images/map-marker.png';
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: myLatlng,
map: map,
icon: markerImage
});
}
google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);
</script>
Try this, i changed how to create the marker.
I changed the image url to test it, it seams its working:
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?v=3.exp&sensor=false"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
function initialize() {
var myLatlng = new google.maps.LatLng(43.041936,-88.044523);
var mapOptions = {
center:myLatlng,
zoom:15,
disableDefaultUI:true,
mapTypeId:google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
}
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("milwaukeeMap"), mapOptions);
var markerImage = 'http://www.mapsmarker.com/wp-content/uploads/leaflet-maps-marker-icons/bar_coktail.png';
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: myLatlng,
map: map,
icon: markerImage
});
}
google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="milwaukeeMap" style="height:400px;width:400px;"></div>
</body>
</html>
Code on JSFiddle http://jsfiddle.net/iambnz/NGja4/160/
I created a small test file, and there does not seem to be anything wrong with your javascript code. I see my own marker perfectly. So it seems there is something wrong in the rest of your HTML file. Does the PNG file exists? Is it really a PNG? Maybe try a different image to be sure.
Ron.
I found that in some cases, externally hosted icons need an extra parameter e.g.
images/map-marker.png?raw=true
I was using Firefox 57.0.4 for Ubuntu then I switch over to Chromium Version 63.0.3239.84 and it worked. That is with the
?raw=true
On and off.