Create a draggable Marker
Drag the marker to a new location on a map and populate its coordinates in a display.
See the example: https://docs.mapbox.com//mapbox-gl-js/example/drag-a-marker/
by Nikolay Petrov
February 07, 2021
HTML
<script src="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v2.1.0/mapbox-gl.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://api.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/v2.1.0/mapbox-gl.css">
<div id="map"></div>
<pre id="coordinates" class="coordinates"></pre>
CSS
body { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
#map { position: absolute; top: 0; bottom: 0; width: 100%; }
.coordinates {
background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
color: #fff;
position: absolute;
bottom: 40px;
left: 10px;
padding: 5px 10px;
margin: 0;
font-size: 11px;
line-height: 18px;
border-radius: 3px;
display: none;
}
JavaScript
mapboxgl.accessToken = 'pk.eyJ1IjoicGV0cm92bm4iLCJhIjoiVHJkcXROMCJ9.hzniKblVA-O0YJSvCfwztg';
var coordinates = document.getElementById('coordinates');
var map = new mapboxgl.Map({
container: 'map',
style: 'mapbox://styles/mapbox/streets-v11',
center: [0, 0],
zoom: 2
});
var marker = new mapboxgl.Marker({
draggable: true
})
.setLngLat([0, 0])
.addTo(map);
function onDragEnd() {
var lngLat = marker.getLngLat();
coordinates.style.display = 'block';
coordinates.innerHTML =
'Longitude: ' + lngLat.lng + '<br />Latitude: ' + lngLat.lat;
}
marker.on('dragend', onDragEnd);