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Showing my location on google maps?

I take his code from w3school.
Here they show how to take the user directly to an address that has been written in the JavaScript code.
Instead of taking the user to a certain place that I have set in the code what I want is to take the user to its current position in the map but I can find a way to do this. I have already seem the code to get the geolocation with html5 but I don't know how to put everything together to make it work.
The JavaScript code is:
<script
src="http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js">
</script>
<script>
var map;
var london = new google.maps.LatLng(51.508742,-0.120850);
// Add a Home control that returns the user to London
function HomeControl(controlDiv, map) {
controlDiv.style.padding = '5px';
var controlUI = document.createElement('div');
controlUI.style.backgroundColor = 'yellow';
controlUI.style.border='1px solid';
controlUI.style.cursor = 'pointer';
controlUI.style.textAlign = 'center';
controlUI.title = 'Set map to London';
controlDiv.appendChild(controlUI);
var controlText = document.createElement('div');
controlText.style.fontFamily='Arial,sans-serif';
controlText.style.fontSize='12px';
controlText.style.paddingLeft = '4px';
controlText.style.paddingRight = '4px';
controlText.innerHTML = '<b>Home<b>'
controlUI.appendChild(controlText);
// Setup click-event listener: simply set the map to London
google.maps.event.addDomListener(controlUI, 'click', function() {
map.setCenter(london)
});
}
function initialize() {
var mapDiv = document.getElementById('googleMap');
var myOptions = {
zoom: 12,
center: london,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
}
map = new google.maps.Map(mapDiv, myOptions);
// Create a DIV to hold the control and call HomeControl()
var homeControlDiv = document.createElement('div');
var homeControl = new HomeControl(homeControlDiv, map);
// homeControlDiv.index = 1;
map.controls[google.maps.ControlPosition.TOP_RIGHT].push(homeControlDiv);
}
google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);
</script>
for the whole code the go to w3school.
In other words I want to find the user current position and show it when the user clicks on HOME.

Bro ! Its not big deal Visit http://www.map-embed.com/
Select Your Location You want to point down
Drag down Red Pointer to your address
Fill The Information of your address
Make sure that your pointer is exactly at your address.
Click On Green Button Generate code . The Code Will Copied to your Clipboard
Past it where you want to show your map.

Google Maps with cluster of markers and their info window

I have a cluster of Google map marker’s. I am showing Google maps in a ModalPopupExtender on a button click. After map is loaded with marker’s I want to pop up info window on mouse over of marker’s. how can I keep the details of info window of each marker when map is loading with marker’s?.
$('#map-canvas').fadeIn('slow', function() {
google.maps.event.trigger(map, 'resize');
for (var i = 0; i < asGridselectedRows.length; i++) {
var row = asGridselectedRows[i];
var Latitude = asGridMasterTable.getCellByColumnUniqueName(row, "Latitude");
var Longitude = asGridMasterTable.getCellByColumnUniqueName(row, "Longitude");
var messno = asGridMasterTable.getCellByColumnUniqueName(row, "MessNo");
var messnumber = messno.innerHTML.substring(6, messno.innerHTML.length - 7);
var Lat = Latitude.innerHTML.substring(6, Latitude.innerHTML.length - 7);
var Long = Longitude.innerHTML.substring(6, Longitude.innerHTML.length - 7);
var myLatLng = new google.maps.LatLng(Lat, Long);
map.setCenter(myLatLng);
map.setZoom(13);
marker = new google.maps.Marker({
map: map
});
if (messnumber == '00')
{
marker.setIcon('http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/icons/blue-dot.png');
}
else
{
marker.setIcon('http://maps.google.com/mapfiles/ms/icons/green-dot.png');
}
marker.setPosition(myLatLng);
marker.setVisible(true);
}
});

You need to build the info window as part of the event listener. See the example given in the answer here: Changing data in the info window with Google Map markers
You can add attributes to each marker so that these can be referenced in the hover event. In your case it looks like you could simply use the messno as an attribute and then reference your data table with the marker info in

google maps API3 drawing custom map icon based on user selection

Im working on a google maps plugin (there's always room for another right?) and I'm drawing a preview of the map my users will be inserting into their content. Im able to draw everything I set out to, custom content in the info window, setting the location (through places.Autocomplete) etc. The one thing that is escaping me is custom map icon isn't being drawn.
My goal is to have the default icon drawn on first load, and then update it when it changes
Im not getting any 404 or errors in the console, and I've checked my event handlers and they are all working. Can anyone tell me where I've going astray?
Here is what I have so far:
//Initilize the map
google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);
function initialize(infowindow) {
var init_center = new google.maps.LatLng(43.703793, -72.326187);
mapOptions = {
center: init_center,
zoom: parseFloat(mapZoomReturn),
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP,
scrollwheel : false,
};
var input = document.getElementById('mapAddress');
var autocomplete = new google.maps.places.Autocomplete(input);
var infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();
//var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
// position: init_center,
// map: map,
// icon: mapMarkerImageReturn
//});
// Draw the map
map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map_canvas'), mapOptions);
// marker needs to be set after the map
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: init_center,
map: map,
icon: mapMarkerImageReturn
});
// Set up event listeners
// Info window DOM->MAP
google.maps.event.addDomListener(document.getElementById('mapInfoWindow'),
'change', function() {
mapInfoWindowReturn = escape(jQuery('#mapInfoWindow').val());
// get the extra content from feild, by this time the place_changed even will have fired at least once, so we have these values
infowindowPlace = get_info_bubble(locIcon, locName, locAddress, locPhone, locWeb, mapInfoWindowReturn); // returns formatted markup for info bubble
infowindow.setContent(infowindowPlace);
});
// Marker dropdown selection DOM->MAP
google.maps.event.addDomListener(document.getElementById('mapMarker'), 'change', update_maker);
// Custom marker text field DOM->MAP
google.maps.event.addDomListener(document.getElementById('mapMarkerImage'), 'change', update_maker );
function update_maker(){
//update the marker imge - (not working)
markerImage = get_marker_image(); // returns URL as string
marker.setIcon(markerImage);
marker.setPosition(locPlace.geometry.location);
marker.setMap(map);
}
google.maps.event.addListener(autocomplete, 'place_changed', function() {
infowindowPlace = get_info_bubble(locIcon, locName, locAddress, locPhone, locWeb, mapInfoWindowReturn);
infowindow.close();
if (mapMarkerImageReturn !=='' || mapMarkerImageReturn !== false) marker.setVisible(false);
input.className = '';
locPlace = autocomplete.getPlace();
if (!locPlace.geometry) {
// Inform the user that the place was not found and return.
input.className = 'notfound';
return;
}
// If the place has a geometry, then present it on a map.
if (locPlace.geometry.viewport) {
map.fitBounds(locPlace.geometry.viewport);
mapCurrCenter = map.getCenter();
} else {
map.setCenter(locPlace.geometry.location);
map.setZoom(parseFloat(mapZoomReturn));
mapCurrCenter = map.getCenter();
}
// Set the marker image (not working)
markerImage = get_marker_image(); // returns URL as string
marker.setIcon(markerImage);
marker.setPosition(locPlace.geometry.location);
marker.setMap(map);
// get the location values for the info bubble
if (locPlace.address_components) {
//console.log(locPlace.address_components);
// Populate values for info bubble
locName = locPlace.name;
locIcon = locPlace.icon;
locAddress = locPlace.formatted_address;
locPhone = locPlace.formatted_phone_number;
locWeb = locPlace.website;
}
infowindowPlace = get_info_bubble(locIcon, locName, locAddress, locPhone, locWeb, mapInfoWindowReturn);
infowindow.setContent(infowindowPlace);
infowindow.open(map, marker);
});
}

google maps api v3 multiple markers infowindow onclick works but not when called outside

I have a weird problem and maybe I am just not seeing it clearly. It definitely always helps to have others look at my code. Anyways, I have a drop down menu with options in it, needless to say, onchange it calls a function to open an infowindow. The listener for the click works perfectly fine when displaying the info window, but the handleSelected() function does not display anything.:
<select size='37' id='dpMenu' onchange='handleSelected(this)'>
Now I have an array for my markers outside of my function that creates the markers.
var gmarkers = [];
var oldInfoWin;
var map;
function createEpiMarker(map,point,epi_icon,html,name,detail,iqrid) {
var epimarker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: point,
map: map,
icon: epi_icon
});
epimarker.infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow({content: html });
google.maps.event.addListener(epimarker, "click", function() {
epimarker.infowindow.open(map, epimarker);
oldInfoWin = epimarker.infowindow;
infoWindowOpen = true;
});
gmarkers.push(epimarker);
}
This code here handles the dropdown menu selection:
function handleSelected(opt){
var i = opt[opt.selectedIndex].index - 1;
if(i != -1){
gmarkers[i].infowindow.open(map, gmarkers[i]);
oldInfoWin = gmarkers[i].infowindow;
infoWindowOpen = true;
}
}

Google Maps: remember id of marker with open info window

I have a Google map that is showing a number of markers. When the user moves the map, the markers are redrawn for the new boundaries, using the code below:
GEvent.addListener(map, "moveend", function() {
var newBounds = map.getBounds();
for(var i = 0; i < places_json.places.length ; i++) {
// if marker is within the new bounds then do...
var latlng = new GLatLng(places_json.places[i].lat, places_json.places[i].lon);
var html = "blah";
var marker = createMarker(latlng, html);
map.addOverlay(marker);
}
});
My question is simple. If the user has clicked on a marker so that it is showing an open info window, currently when the boundaries are redrawn the info window is closed, because the marker is added again from scratch. How can I prevent this?
It is not ideal, because often the boundaries are redrawn when the user clicks on a marker and the map moves to display the info window - so the info window appears and then disappears again :)
I guess there are a couple of possible ways:
remember which marker has an open info window, and open it again when the markers are redrawn
don't actually re-add the marker with an open info window, just leave it there
However, both require the marker with an open window to have some kind of ID number, and I don't know that this is actually the case in the Google Maps API. Anyone?
----------UPDATE------------------
I've tried doing it by loading the markers into an initial array, as suggested. This loads OK, but the page crashes after the map is dragged.
<script type="text/javascript" src="{{ MEDIA_URL }}js/markerclusterer.js"></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
function createMarker(point,html, hideMarker) {
//alert('createMarker');
var icon = new GIcon(G_DEFAULT_ICON);
icon.image = "http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=mm&chs=24x32&chco=FFFFFF,008CFF,000000&ext=.png";
var tmpMarker = new GMarker(point, {icon: icon, hide: hideMarker});
GEvent.addListener(tmpMarker, "click", function() {
tmpMarker.openInfoWindowHtml(html);
});
return tmpMarker;
}
var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map_canvas"));
map.addControl(new GSmallMapControl());
var mapLatLng = new GLatLng({{ place.lat }}, {{ place.lon }});
map.setCenter(mapLatLng, 12);
map.addOverlay(new GMarker(mapLatLng));
// load initial markers from json array
var markers = [];
var initialBounds = map.getBounds();
for(var i = 0; i < places_json.places.length ; i++) {
var latlng = new GLatLng(places_json.places[i].lat, places_json.places[i].lon);
var html = "<strong><a href='/place/" + places_json.places[i].placesidx + "/" + places_json.places[i].area + "'>" + places_json.places[i].area + "</a></strong><br/>" + places_json.places[i].county;
var hideMarker = true;
if((initialBounds.getSouthWest().lat() < places_json.places[i].lat) && (places_json.places[i].lat < initialBounds.getNorthEast().lat()) && (initialBounds.getSouthWest().lng() < places_json.places[i].lon) && (places_json.places[i].lon < initialBounds.getNorthEast().lng()) && (places_json.places[i].placesidx != {{ place.placesidx }})) {
hideMarker = false;
}
var marker = createMarker(latlng, html, hideMarker);
markers.push(marker);
}
var markerCluster = new MarkerClusterer(map, markers, {maxZoom: 11});
</script>

You should probably create all your markers at an initial stage with your createMarker() method, and store the returned GMarker objects inside an array. Make sure to set the hide: true property in GMarkerOptions when you create your markers, so that they would be created as hidden by default.
Then instead of iterating through places_json.places, you could iterate through your new GMarker array. You would be able to get the coordinates of each marker with the GMarker.getLatLng() method, with which to check if each marker lies within the bounds.
Finally simply call GMarker.show() for markers that lie within the bounds, or GMarker.hide() to hide them.
You would eliminate the expensive destruction/creation of markers on each map movement. As a positive-side effect, this will also solve your GInfoWindow problem.

If you're using that many markers, make sure you use GMarkerManager. It's designed for many markers, with only a few visible at once.
http://mapki.com/wiki/Marker_Optimization_Tips