In this tutorial I will show you how to add custom marker with animation on google map. We will use an image as a marker and set a bounce animation on this, so when we click on the image it will start bounce.
google.maps.Marker provides a icon option to replace the default marker icon with our own marker icon/image. Here is a simple example code of custom marker with animation.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no">
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Custom marker with animation</title>
<style>
html, body, #map-canvas {
height: 100%;
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px
}
</style>
<script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?v=3.exp"></script>
<script>
function initialize() {
var myLatlng = new google.maps.LatLng(40.714,-74.005);
var mapOptions = {
zoom: 7,
center: myLatlng
}
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map-canvas'), mapOptions);
var image = 'hit-me.png';
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: myLatlng,
map: map,
animation: google.maps.Animation.DROP,
title: 'Hello World!',
icon:image
});
google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'click', toggleBounce);
function toggleBounce() {
if (marker.getAnimation() != null) {
marker.setAnimation(null);
} else {
marker.setAnimation(google.maps.Animation.BOUNCE);
}
}
}
google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="map-canvas"></div>
</body>
</html>
