How to move a marker in Google Maps API

Question

I m using the Google Maps API V3 and I m trying to make a marker move across the screen  Here s what I have    lt  DOCTYPE html gt   lt html gt   lt head gt   lt meta name  viewport  content  initial-scale 1 0  user-scalable no    gt   lt style type  text css  gt    html   height  100      body   height  100   margin  0  padding  0      map canvas   height  100     lt  style gt   lt script type  text javascript      src  http   maps googleapis com maps api js sensor false  gt   lt  script gt   lt script type  text javascript  gt  function initialize       var myLatLng   new google maps LatLng 50 50     var myOptions         zoom  4      center  myLatLng      mapTypeId  google maps MapTypeId ROADMAP       var map   new google maps Map document getElementById  map canvas    myOptions      image    bus gif     marker   new google maps Marker  position  myLatLng  map  map  icon  image       marker setMap map      function moveBus          Move Bus     lt  script gt   lt  head gt    lt body onload  initialize    gt   lt script type  text javascript  gt  moveBus     lt  script gt   lt div id  map canvas  style  height  500px  width  500px   gt  lt  div gt    lt  body gt   lt  html gt    Now what I ve tried is replacing    Move Bus with  marker setPosition new google maps LatLng 0 0      But that didn t do anything  That s the command I saw on the API reference  I m also relatively new to Javascript  so it might be a JS error on my part

User · Answer

Just try to create the marker and set the draggable property to true. The code will be something as follows:

Marker = new google.maps.Marker({
    position: latlon,
    map: map,            
    draggable: true,
    title: "Drag me!"
});

I hope this helps!

User · Answer

Here is the full code with no errors           lt  DOCTYPE html gt           lt html gt           lt head gt           lt meta name  viewport  content  initial-scale 1 0  user-scalable no    gt           lt style type  text css  gt            html   height  100              body   height  100   margin  0  padding  0              map canvas   height  100                map-canvas                     height  400px           width  500px                     lt  style gt       lt  script gt           lt script type  text javascript  gt          function initialize                  var myLatLng   new google maps LatLng  17 3850  78 4867                    myOptions                         zoom  5                      center  myLatLng                      mapTypeId  google maps MapTypeId ROADMAP                                        map   new google maps Map  document getElementById   map-canvas     myOptions                    marker   new google maps Marker   icon                        url   https   developers google com maps documentation javascript examples full images beachflag png                          This marker is 20 pixels wide by 32 pixels high                      size  new google maps Size 20  32                          The origin for this image is  0  0                       origin  new google maps Point 0  0                          The anchor for this image is the base of the flagpole at  0  32                       anchor  new google maps Point 0  32                     position  myLatLng  map  map                  marker setMap  map                moveBus  map  marker                          function moveBus  map  marker                 setTimeout      gt                    marker setPosition  new google maps LatLng  12 3850  77 4867                      map panTo  new google maps LatLng  17 3850  78 4867                     1000                           lt  script gt           lt  head gt            lt body onload  initialize    gt           lt script type  text javascript  gt            moveBus             lt  script gt            lt script src  http   maps googleapis com maps api js sensor AIzaSyB-W sLy7VzaQNdckkY4V5r980wDR9ldP4  gt  lt  script gt           lt div id  map-canvas  style  height  500px  width  500px   gt  lt  div gt              lt  body gt           lt  html gt

User · Answer

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User · Answer

moveBus   is getting called before initialize    Try putting that line at the end of your initialize   function  Also Lat Lon 0 0 is off the map  it s coordinates  not pixels   so you can t see it when it moves  Try 54 54  If you want the center of the map to  move to the new location  use panTo     Demo  http   jsfiddle net ThinkingStiff Rsp22   HTML    lt script src  http   maps googleapis com maps api js sensor false  gt  lt  script gt   lt div id  map-canvas  gt  lt  div gt    CSS    map-canvas     height  400px   width  500px      Script   function initialize          var myLatLng   new google maps LatLng  50  50            myOptions                 zoom  4              center  myLatLng              mapTypeId  google maps MapTypeId ROADMAP                        map   new google maps Map  document getElementById   map-canvas     myOptions            marker   new google maps Marker   position  myLatLng  map  map          marker setMap  map        moveBus  map  marker        function moveBus  map  marker          marker setPosition  new google maps LatLng  0  0          map panTo  new google maps LatLng  0  0           initialize

User · Answer

use panTo x y  This will help u

User · Answer

You are using the correct API  but is the  marker  variable visible to the entire script  I don t see this marker variable declared globally

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