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Create advanced markers using HTML and CSS
This example shows creating a new marker, replacing the default icon withcustom HTML and CSS.
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TypeScript
asyncfunctioninitMap(){// Request needed libraries.const{Map}=awaitgoogle.maps.importLibrary("maps")asgoogle.maps.MapsLibrary;const{AdvancedMarkerElement}=awaitgoogle.maps.importLibrary("marker")asgoogle.maps.MarkerLibrary;constmap=newMap(document.getElementById('map')asHTMLElement,{center:{lat:37.42,lng:-122.1},zoom:14,mapId:'4504f8b37365c3d0',});constpriceTag=document.createElement('div');priceTag.className='price-tag';priceTag.textContent='$2.5M';constmarker=newAdvancedMarkerElement({map,position:{lat:37.42,lng:-122.1},content:priceTag,});}initMap();
JavaScript
asyncfunctioninitMap(){// Request needed libraries.const{Map}=awaitgoogle.maps.importLibrary("maps");const{AdvancedMarkerElement}=awaitgoogle.maps.importLibrary("marker");constmap=newMap(document.getElementById('map'),{center:{lat:37.42,lng:-122.1},zoom:14,mapId:'4504f8b37365c3d0',});constpriceTag=document.createElement('div');priceTag.className='price-tag';priceTag.textContent='$2.5M';constmarker=newAdvancedMarkerElement({map,position:{lat:37.42,lng:-122.1},content:priceTag,});}initMap();
CSS
/* * Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div element * that contains the map. */#map{height:100%;}/* * Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. */html,body{height:100%;margin:0;padding:0;}/* HTML marker styles */.price-tag{background-color:#4285F4;border-radius:8px;color:#FFFFFF;font-size:14px;padding:10px15px;position:relative;transform:translateY(-8px);}.price-tag::after{content:"";position:absolute;left:50%;top:100%;transform:translate(-50%,0);width:0;height:0;border-left:8pxsolidtransparent;border-right:8pxsolidtransparent;border-top:8pxsolid#4285F4;}
HTML
<html> <head> <title>Advanced Marker Simple HTML</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" /> <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script> </head> <body> <div></div> <!-- prettier-ignore --> <script>(g=>{var h,a,k,p="The Google Maps JavaScript API",c="google",l="importLibrary",q="__ib__",m=document,b=window;b=b[c]||(b[c]={});var d=b.maps||(b.maps={}),r=new Set,e=new URLSearchParams,u=()=>h||(h=new Promise(async(f,n)=>{await (a=m.createElement("script"));e.set("libraries",[...r]+"");for(k in g)e.set(k.replace(/[A-Z]/g,t=>"_"+t[0].toLowerCase()),g[k]);e.set("callback",c+".maps."+q);a.src=`https://maps.${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: "weekly"});</script> </body></html>Try Sample
Clone Sample
Git and Node.js are required to run this sample locally. Follow theseinstructions to install Node.js and NPM. The following commands clone, install dependencies and start the sample application.
gitclonehttps://github.com/googlemaps-samples/js-api-samples.gitcdsamples/advanced-markers-html-simplenpminpmstart
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Last updated 2025-07-18 UTC.