advanced-markers-altitude

Sample code supporting Google Maps Platform JavaScript API documentation. author(s): Geo Developer IX Documentation Team

HTML

<!doctype html>
<!--
 @license
 Copyright 2019 Google LLC. All Rights Reserved.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-->

<html>
  <head>
    <title>Advanced Marker Altitude</title>

    <script>
      // prettier-ignore
      (g=>{var h,a,k,p="The Google Maps JavaScript API",c="google",l="importLibrary",q="__ib__",m=document,b=window;b=b[c]||(b[c]={});var d=b.maps||(b.maps={}),r=new Set,e=new URLSearchParams,u=()=>h||(h=new Promise(async(f,n)=>{await (a=m.createElement("script"));e.set("libraries",[...r]+"");for(k in g)e.set(k.replace(/[A-Z]/g,t=>"_"+t[0].toLowerCase()),g[k]);e.set("callback",c+".maps."+q);a.src=`https://maps.${c}apis.com/maps/api/js?`+e;d[q]=f;a.onerror=()=>h=n(Error(p+" could not load."));a.nonce=m.querySelector("script[nonce]")?.nonce||"";m.head.append(a)}));d[l]?console.warn(p+" only loads once. Ignoring:",g):d[l]=(f,...n)=>r.add(f)&&u().then(()=>d[l](f,...n))})({
            });
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <gmp-map
      center="47.65196191658531,-122.30716770065949"
      zoom="19"
      map-id="6ff586e93e18149f"></gmp-map>
  </body>
</html>

CSS

/**
 * @license
 * Copyright 2019 Google LLC. All Rights Reserved.
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 */

/* 
 * 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;
}

JavaScript

'use strict';
/**
 * @license
 * Copyright 2025 Google LLC. All Rights Reserved.
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 */

const mapElement = document.querySelector('gmp-map');

async function init() {
  // Request needed libraries.
  const [{ AdvancedMarkerElement, PinElement }] = await Promise.all([
    google.maps.importLibrary('marker'),
    google.maps.importLibrary('maps'),
  ]);

  mapElement.innerMap.setOptions({
    tilt: 67.5,
    heading: 45,
  });

  const pin = new PinElement({
    background: '#4b2e83',
    borderColor: '#b7a57a',
    glyphColor: '#b7a57a',
    scale: 2.0,
  });

  const marker = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
    // Set altitude to 20 meters above the ground.
    position: {
      lat: 47.65170843460547,
      lng: -122.30754,
      altitude: 20,
    },
  });
  marker.append(pin);

  mapElement.append(marker);
}

void init();