Make markers accessible

The following example creates a 3D map with accessible markers.

Read the documentation .

JavaScript

 async 
  
 function 
  
 initMap 
 () 
  
 { 
  
 const 
  
 { 
  
 Map3DElement 
 , 
  
 Marker3DInteractiveElement 
 , 
  
 PopoverElement 
  
 } 
  
 = 
  
 await 
  
 google 
 . 
 maps 
 . 
 importLibrary 
 ( 
 "maps3d" 
 ); 
  
 const 
  
 { 
  
 PinElement 
  
 } 
  
 = 
  
 await 
  
 google 
 . 
 maps 
 . 
 importLibrary 
 ( 
 "marker" 
 ); 
  
 const 
  
 map 
  
 = 
  
 new 
  
 Map3DElement 
 ({ 
  
 center 
 : 
  
 { 
  
 lat 
 : 
  
 34.8405 
 , 
  
 lng 
 : 
  
 - 
 111.7909 
 , 
  
 altitude 
 : 
  
 1322.70 
  
 }, 
  
 range 
 : 
  
 13279.50 
 , 
  
 tilt 
 : 
  
 67.44 
 , 
  
 heading 
 : 
  
 0.01 
 , 
  
 mode 
 : 
  
 'SATELLITE' 
  
 }); 
  
 // Set LatLng and title text for the markers. The first marker (Boynton Pass) 
  
 // receives the initial focus when tab is pressed. Use arrow keys to move 
  
 // between markers; press tab again to cycle through the map controls. 
  
 const 
  
 tourStops 
  
 = 
  
 [ 
  
 { 
  
 position 
 : 
  
 { 
  
 lat 
 : 
  
 34.8791806 
 , 
  
 lng 
 : 
  
 - 
 111.8265049 
  
 }, 
  
 title 
 : 
  
 "Boynton Pass" 
 , 
  
 }, 
  
 { 
  
 position 
 : 
  
 { 
  
 lat 
 : 
  
 34.8559195 
 , 
  
 lng 
 : 
  
 - 
 111.7988186 
  
 }, 
  
 title 
 : 
  
 "Airport Mesa" 
 , 
  
 }, 
  
 { 
  
 position 
 : 
  
 { 
  
 lat 
 : 
  
 34.832149 
 , 
  
 lng 
 : 
  
 - 
 111.7695277 
  
 }, 
  
 title 
 : 
  
 "Chapel of the Holy Cross" 
 , 
  
 }, 
  
 { 
  
 position 
 : 
  
 { 
  
 lat 
 : 
  
 34.823736 
 , 
  
 lng 
 : 
  
 - 
 111.8001857 
  
 }, 
  
 title 
 : 
  
 "Red Rock Crossing" 
 , 
  
 }, 
  
 { 
  
 position 
 : 
  
 { 
  
 lat 
 : 
  
 34.800326 
 , 
  
 lng 
 : 
  
 - 
 111.7665047 
  
 }, 
  
 title 
 : 
  
 "Bell Rock" 
 , 
  
 }, 
  
 ]; 
  
 tourStops 
 . 
 forEach 
 (({ 
  
 position 
 , 
  
 title 
  
 }, 
  
 i 
 ) 
  
 = 
>  
 { 
  
 const 
  
 pin 
  
 = 
  
 new 
  
 PinElement 
 ({ 
  
 glyph 
 : 
  
 ` 
 ${ 
 i 
  
 + 
  
 1 
 } 
 ` 
 , 
  
 scale 
 : 
  
 1.5 
 , 
  
 glyphColor 
 : 
  
 "#FFFFFF" 
  
 }); 
  
 const 
  
 popover 
  
 = 
  
 new 
  
 PopoverElement 
 (); 
  
 const 
  
 content 
  
 = 
  
 ` 
 ${ 
 i 
  
 + 
  
 1 
 } 
 . 
 ${ 
 title 
 } 
 ` 
 ; 
  
 const 
  
 header 
  
 = 
  
 document 
 . 
 createElement 
 ( 
 'span' 
 ); 
  
 // Include the label for screen readers. 
  
 header 
 . 
 ariaLabel 
  
 = 
  
 `This is marker 
 ${ 
 i 
  
 + 
  
 1 
 } 
 . 
 ${ 
 title 
 } 
 ` 
 ; 
  
 header 
 . 
 slot 
  
 = 
  
 'header' 
 ; 
  
 popover 
 . 
 append 
 ( 
 header 
 ); 
  
 popover 
 . 
 append 
 ( 
 content 
 ); 
  
 const 
  
 interactiveMarker 
  
 = 
  
 new 
  
 Marker3DInteractiveElement 
 ({ 
  
 // Include a title, used for accessibility text for use by screen readers. 
  
 title 
 , 
  
 position 
 , 
  
 gmpPopoverTargetElement 
 : 
  
 popover 
  
 }); 
  
 interactiveMarker 
 . 
 append 
 ( 
 pin 
 ); 
  
 map 
 . 
 append 
 ( 
 interactiveMarker 
 ); 
  
 map 
 . 
 append 
 ( 
 popover 
 ); 
  
 }); 
  
 document 
 . 
 body 
 . 
 append 
 ( 
 map 
 ); 
 } 
 initMap 
 (); 
  

CSS

 /* * Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div element 
 * that contains the map. 
 */ 
 html 
 , 
 map 
  
 { 
  
 height 
 : 
  
 100 
 % 
 ; 
 } 
 body 
  
 { 
  
 height 
 : 
  
 100 
 % 
 ; 
  
 margin 
 : 
  
 0 
 ; 
  
 padding 
 : 
  
 0 
 ; 
 } 
  

HTML

<html>
  <head>
    <title>Map</title>

    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />
    <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="map"></div>

    <!-- prettier-ignore -->
    <script>(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))})
        ({key: "AIzaSyA6myHzS10YXdcazAFalmXvDkrYCp5cLc8", v: "beta",});</script>
  </body>
</html>  

Try Sample

Clone Sample

Git and Node.js are required to run this sample locally. Follow these instructions to install Node.js and NPM. The following commands clone, install dependencies and start the sample application.

  
  git 
  
 clone 
  
 https 
 : 
 //github.com/googlemaps-samples/js-api-samples.git 
 
  
  cd 
  
 samples 
 / 
 3 
 d 
 - 
 accessibility 
 - 
 features 
 
  
  npm 
  
 i 
 
  
  npm 
  
 start 
 
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