letmap;asyncfunctioninitMap(){// Request needed libraries.const{Map}=awaitgoogle.maps.importLibrary("maps")asgoogle.maps.MapsLibrary;const{AdvancedMarkerElement,PinElement}=awaitgoogle.maps.importLibrary("marker")asgoogle.maps.MarkerLibrary;map=newMap(document.getElementById('map')asHTMLElement,{center:{lat:47.65196191658531,lng:-122.30716770065949},zoom:19,tilt:67.5,heading:45,mapId:'6ff586e93e18149f',});constpin=newPinElement({background:'#4b2e83',borderColor:'#b7a57a',glyphColor:'#b7a57a',scale:2.0,});constmarkerView=newAdvancedMarkerElement({map,content:pin.element,// Set altitude to 20 meters above the ground.position:{lat:47.65170843460547,lng:-122.30754,altitude:20}asgoogle.maps.LatLngAltitudeLiteral,});}initMap();
letmap;asyncfunctioninitMap(){// Request needed libraries.const{Map}=awaitgoogle.maps.importLibrary("maps");const{AdvancedMarkerElement,PinElement}=awaitgoogle.maps.importLibrary("marker");map=newMap(document.getElementById('map'),{center:{lat:47.65196191658531,lng:-122.30716770065949},zoom:19,tilt:67.5,heading:45,mapId:'6ff586e93e18149f',});constpin=newPinElement({background:'#4b2e83',borderColor:'#b7a57a',glyphColor:'#b7a57a',scale:2.0,});constmarkerView=newAdvancedMarkerElement({map,content:pin.element,// Set altitude to 20 meters above the ground.position:{lat:47.65170843460547,lng:-122.30754,altitude:20},});}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;}
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\u003ccode\u003eLatLngAltitudeLiteral\u003c/code\u003e type.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe sample provides code snippets in TypeScript, JavaScript, CSS, and HTML to illustrate the implementation.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["This example shows setting altitude for a marker.\n\nRead the\n[documentation](/maps/documentation/javascript/advanced-markers/collision-behavior#set_marker_altitude). \n\nTypeScript \n\n```typescript\nlet map;\nasync function initMap() {\n // Request needed libraries.\n const { Map } = await google.maps.importLibrary(\"maps\") as google.maps.MapsLibrary;\n const { AdvancedMarkerElement, PinElement } = await google.maps.importLibrary(\"marker\") as google.maps.MarkerLibrary;\n\n map = new Map(document.getElementById('map') as HTMLElement, {\n center: {lat: 47.65196191658531, lng: -122.30716770065949},\n zoom: 19,\n tilt: 67.5,\n heading: 45,\n mapId: '6ff586e93e18149f',\n });\n const pin = new PinElement({\n background: '#4b2e83',\n borderColor: '#b7a57a',\n glyphColor: '#b7a57a',\n scale: 2.0,\n });\n\n const markerView = new AdvancedMarkerElement({\n map,\n content: pin.element,\n // Set altitude to 20 meters above the ground.\n position: { lat: 47.65170843460547, lng: -122.30754, altitude: 20 } as google.maps.LatLngAltitudeLiteral,\n });\n}\n\ninitMap();https://github.com/googlemaps-samples/js-api-samples/blob/7a62b25fe463fc0fd06949fcd1029aecc8b8504b/samples/advanced-markers-altitude/index.ts#L8-L38\n```\n| **Note:** Read the [guide](/maps/documentation/javascript/using-typescript) on using TypeScript and Google Maps.\n\nJavaScript \n\n```javascript\nlet map;\nasync function initMap() {\n // Request needed libraries.\n const { Map } = await google.maps.importLibrary(\"maps\");\n const { AdvancedMarkerElement, PinElement } = await google.maps.importLibrary(\"marker\");\n map = new Map(document.getElementById('map'), {\n center: { lat: 47.65196191658531, lng: -122.30716770065949 },\n zoom: 19,\n tilt: 67.5,\n heading: 45,\n mapId: '6ff586e93e18149f',\n });\n const pin = new PinElement({\n background: '#4b2e83',\n borderColor: '#b7a57a',\n glyphColor: '#b7a57a',\n scale: 2.0,\n });\n const markerView = new AdvancedMarkerElement({\n map,\n content: pin.element,\n // Set altitude to 20 meters above the ground.\n position: { lat: 47.65170843460547, lng: -122.30754, altitude: 20 },\n });\n}\ninitMap();https://github.com/googlemaps-samples/js-api-samples/blob/7a62b25fe463fc0fd06949fcd1029aecc8b8504b/dist/samples/advanced-markers-altitude/docs/index.js#L8-L35\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-samples/js-api-samples/blob/7a62b25fe463fc0fd06949fcd1029aecc8b8504b/dist/samples/advanced-markers-altitude/docs/style.css#L7-L24\n```\n\nHTML \n\n```html\n\u003chtml\u003e\n \u003chead\u003e\n \u003ctitle\u003eAdvanced Marker Altitude\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!-- prettier-ignore --\u003e\n \u003cscript\u003e(g=\u003e{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=()=\u003eh||(h=new Promise(async(f,n)=\u003e{await (a=m.createElement(\"script\"));e.set(\"libraries\",[...r]+\"\");for(k in g)e.set(k.replace(/[A-Z]/g,t=\u003e\"_\"+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=()=\u003eh=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)=\u003er.add(f)&&u().then(()=\u003ed[l](f,...n))})\n ({key: \"AIzaSyA6myHzS10YXdcazAFalmXvDkrYCp5cLc8\", v: \"weekly\"});\u003c/script\u003e\n \u003c/body\u003e\n\u003c/html\u003ehttps://github.com/googlemaps-samples/js-api-samples/blob/7a62b25fe463fc0fd06949fcd1029aecc8b8504b/dist/samples/advanced-markers-altitude/docs/index.html#L8-L22\n```\n\nTry Sample \n[JSFiddle.net](https://jsfiddle.net/gh/get/library/pure/googlemaps-samples/js-api-samples/tree/main/dist/samples/advanced-markers-altitude/jsfiddle)\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 https://github.com/googlemaps-samples/js-api-samples.git\n cd samples/advanced-markers-altitude\n npm i\n npm start"]]
