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This example uses a symbol to add a vector-based icon to a marker. The symbol uses one of the predefined vector paths ('CIRCLE') supplied by the Google Maps JavaScript API.
// This example uses a symbol to add a vector-based icon to a marker.// The symbol uses one of the predefined vector paths ('CIRCLE') supplied by the// Google Maps JavaScript API.functioninitMap():void{constmap=newgoogle.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map")asHTMLElement,{zoom:4,center:{lat:-25.363882,lng:131.044922},});newgoogle.maps.Marker({position:map.getCenter(),icon:{path:google.maps.SymbolPath.CIRCLE,scale:10,},draggable:true,map:map,});}declareglobal{interfaceWindow{initMap:()=>void;}}window.initMap=initMap;
// This example uses a symbol to add a vector-based icon to a marker.// The symbol uses one of the predefined vector paths ('CIRCLE') supplied by the// Google Maps JavaScript API.functioninitMap(){constmap=newgoogle.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"),{zoom:4,center:{lat:-25.363882,lng:131.044922},});newgoogle.maps.Marker({position:map.getCenter(),icon:{path:google.maps.SymbolPath.CIRCLE,scale:10,},draggable:true,map:map,});}window.initMap=initMap;
/* * 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;}
<html> <head> <title>Predefined Symbols (Marker)</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" /> <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script> </head> <body> <div id="map"></div> <!-- 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&callback=initMap&v=weekly" defer ></script> </body> </html>
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This new class offers improvements, is available from version 3.53.2, however the legacy class is not scheduled to be discontinued yet. The code example shows how to add a vector-based icon ('CIRCLE') to a marker, using predefined symbols in both TypeScript and JavaScript. CSS and HTML code is also provided to run this example.\n"],null,["| As of February 21st, 2024 (v3.56), google.maps.Marker is deprecated. We encourage you to\n| transition to the new `google.maps.marker.AdvancedMarkerElement` class. Advanced\n| markers provide substantial improvements over the legacy `google.maps.Marker` class.\n| The minimum version of the Maps JavaScript API with `google.maps.marker.AdvancedMarkerElement`\n| is 3.53.2. At this time, google.maps.Marker is not scheduled to be discontinued.\n|\n| [Learn more](/maps/documentation/javascript/advanced-markers/migration)\n\nThis example uses a symbol to add a vector-based icon to a marker. The symbol\nuses one of the predefined vector paths ('CIRCLE') supplied by the Google Maps\nJavaScript API.\n\nRead the [documentation](/maps/documentation/javascript/symbols#predefined). \n\nTypeScript \n\n```typescript\n// This example uses a symbol to add a vector-based icon to a marker.\n// The symbol uses one of the predefined vector paths ('CIRCLE') supplied by the\n// Google Maps JavaScript API.\n\nfunction initMap(): void {\n const map = new google.maps.Map(\n document.getElementById(\"map\") as HTMLElement,\n {\n zoom: 4,\n center: { lat: -25.363882, lng: 131.044922 },\n }\n );\n\n new google.maps.Marker({\n position: map.getCenter(),\n icon: {\n path: google.maps.SymbolPath.CIRCLE,\n scale: 10,\n },\n draggable: true,\n map: map,\n });\n}\n\ndeclare global {\n interface Window {\n initMap: () =\u003e void;\n }\n}\nwindow.initMap = initMap;https://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples/blob/2683f7366fb27829401945d2a7e27d77ed2df8e5/samples/marker-symbol-predefined/index.ts#L8-L37\n```\n| **Note:** Read the [guide](/maps/documentation/javascript/using-typescript) on using TypeScript and Google Maps.\n\nJavaScript \n\n```javascript\n// This example uses a symbol to add a vector-based icon to a marker.\n// The symbol uses one of the predefined vector paths ('CIRCLE') supplied by the\n// Google Maps JavaScript API.\nfunction initMap() {\n const map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById(\"map\"), {\n zoom: 4,\n center: { lat: -25.363882, lng: 131.044922 },\n });\n\n new google.maps.Marker({\n position: map.getCenter(),\n icon: {\n path: google.maps.SymbolPath.CIRCLE,\n scale: 10,\n },\n draggable: true,\n map: map,\n });\n}\n\nwindow.initMap = initMap;https://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples/blob/2683f7366fb27829401945d2a7e27d77ed2df8e5/dist/samples/marker-symbol-predefined/docs/index.js#L7-L27\n```\n| **Note:** The JavaScript is compiled from the TypeScript snippet.\n\nCSS \n\n```css\n/* \n * Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div element\n * that contains the map. \n */\n#map {\n height: 100%;\n}\n\n/* \n * Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. \n */\nhtml,\nbody {\n height: 100%;\n margin: 0;\n padding: 0;\n}\nhttps://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples/blob/2683f7366fb27829401945d2a7e27d77ed2df8e5/dist/samples/marker-symbol-predefined/docs/style.css#L7-L24\n```\n\nHTML \n\n```html\n\u003chtml\u003e\n \u003chead\u003e\n \u003ctitle\u003ePredefined Symbols (Marker)\u003c/title\u003e\n\n \u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\" href=\"./style.css\" /\u003e\n \u003cscript type=\"module\" src=\"./index.js\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\n \u003c/head\u003e\n \u003cbody\u003e\n \u003cdiv id=\"map\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n \u003c!-- \n The `defer` attribute causes the script to execute after the full HTML\n document has been parsed. For non-blocking uses, avoiding race conditions,\n and consistent behavior across browsers, consider loading using Promises. See\n https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/load-maps-js-api\n for more information.\n --\u003e\n \u003cscript\n src=\"https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyB41DRUbKWJHPxaFjMAwdrzWzbVKartNGg&callback=initMap&v=weekly\"\n defer\n \u003e\u003c/script\u003e\n \u003c/body\u003e\n\u003c/html\u003ehttps://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples/blob/2683f7366fb27829401945d2a7e27d77ed2df8e5/dist/samples/marker-symbol-predefined/docs/index.html#L8-L30\n```\n\nTry Sample \n[JSFiddle.net](https://jsfiddle.net/gh/get/library/pure/googlemaps/js-samples/tree/master/dist/samples/marker-symbol-predefined/jsfiddle) [Google Cloud Shell](https://ssh.cloud.google.com/cloudshell/editor?cloudshell_git_repo=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fgooglemaps%2Fjs-samples&cloudshell_git_branch=sample-marker-symbol-predefined&cloudshell_tutorial=cloud_shell_instructions.md&cloudshell_workspace=.)\n\nClone Sample\n\n\nGit and Node.js are required to run this sample locally. Follow these [instructions](https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm) to install Node.js and NPM. The following commands clone, install dependencies and start the sample application. \n\n git clone -b sample-marker-symbol-predefined https://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples.git\n cd js-samples\n npm i\n npm start\n\n\nOther samples can be tried by switching to any branch beginning with `sample-`\u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003eSAMPLE_NAME\u003c/var\u003e. \n\n git checkout sample-\u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"devsite-syntax-nx\"\u003eSAMPLE_NAME\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/var\u003e\n npm i\n npm start"]]