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Marker Animations

  • google.maps.Marker is deprecated, withgoogle.maps.marker.AdvancedMarkerElement recommended as its replacement for enhanced functionalities.

  • This example demonstrates marker animations usinggoogle.maps.Animation.DROP andgoogle.maps.Animation.BOUNCE on click.

  • The provided code snippets include TypeScript, JavaScript, CSS, and HTML implementations for creating and animating a marker in Stockholm, Sweden.

  • You can explore the interactive example on JSFiddle.net or Google Cloud Shell or clone the repository for local setup.

As of February 21st, 2024 (v3.56), google.maps.Marker is deprecated. We encourage you to transition to the newgoogle.maps.marker.AdvancedMarkerElement class. Advanced markers provide substantial improvements over the legacygoogle.maps.Marker class. The minimum version of the Maps JavaScript API withgoogle.maps.marker.AdvancedMarkerElement is 3.53.2. At this time, google.maps.Marker is not scheduled to be discontinued.

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This example creates a marker in Stockholm, Sweden that uses aDROPanimation. Click on the marker to toggle the animation between aBOUNCEanimation and no animation.

Read thedocumentation.

TypeScript

// The following example creates a marker in Stockholm, Sweden using a DROP// animation. Clicking on the marker will toggle the animation between a BOUNCE// animation and no animation.letmarker:google.maps.Marker;functioninitMap():void{constmap=newgoogle.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map")asHTMLElement,{zoom:13,center:{lat:59.325,lng:18.07},});marker=newgoogle.maps.Marker({map,draggable:true,animation:google.maps.Animation.DROP,position:{lat:59.327,lng:18.067},});marker.addListener("click",toggleBounce);}functiontoggleBounce(){if(marker.getAnimation()!==null){marker.setAnimation(null);}else{marker.setAnimation(google.maps.Animation.BOUNCE);}}declareglobal{interfaceWindow{initMap:()=>void;}}window.initMap=initMap;
Note: Read theguide on using TypeScript and Google Maps.

JavaScript

// The following example creates a marker in Stockholm, Sweden using a DROP// animation. Clicking on the marker will toggle the animation between a BOUNCE// animation and no animation.letmarker;functioninitMap(){constmap=newgoogle.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"),{zoom:13,center:{lat:59.325,lng:18.07},});marker=newgoogle.maps.Marker({map,draggable:true,animation:google.maps.Animation.DROP,position:{lat:59.327,lng:18.067},});marker.addListener("click",toggleBounce);}functiontoggleBounce(){if(marker.getAnimation()!==null){marker.setAnimation(null);}else{marker.setAnimation(google.maps.Animation.BOUNCE);}}window.initMap=initMap;
Note: The JavaScript is compiled from the TypeScript snippet.

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

<html>  <head>    <title>Marker Animations</title>    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />    <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>  </head>  <body>    <div></div>    <!--       The `defer` attribute causes the script to execute after the full HTML      document has been parsed. For non-blocking uses, avoiding race conditions,      and consistent behavior across browsers, consider loading using Promises. See      https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/load-maps-js-api      for more information.      -->    <script      src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyB41DRUbKWJHPxaFjMAwdrzWzbVKartNGg&callback=initMap&v=weekly"      defer    ></script>  </body></html>

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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.

gitclone-bsample-marker-animationshttps://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples.gitcdjs-samplesnpminpmstart

Other samples can be tried by switching to any branch beginning withsample-SAMPLE_NAME.

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Last updated 2025-12-11 UTC.