Set altitude for a marker

This example shows setting altitude for a marker.

Read the documentation.

TypeScript

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();
index.ts

JavaScript

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();
index.js

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;
}

style.css

HTML

<html>
<head>
<title>Advanced Marker Altitude</title>

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

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</body>
</html>
index.html

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

gitclone-bsample-advanced-markers-altitudehttps://github /googlemaps/js-samples.git
cdjs-samples
npmi
npmstart

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

gitcheckoutsample-SAMPLE_NAME
npmi
npmstart