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Click and drag marker to get Latitude/Longitude
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no">
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Click and drag marker to get Latitude/Longitude</title>
<style>
body{
padding:20px
}
#map-canvas {
height: 400px;
width: 600px;
}
pre {
border:1px solid #D6E0F5;
padding:5px;
margin:5px;
background:#EBF0FA;
}
table {
border-collapse: collapse;
}
td{ border: 1px solid #B0B0B0;
padding: 5px;
background-color: #F8F8F8 ;
}
</style>
<script src="http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="../jquery/jquery.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
// this a jQuery event that is fired when document is ready. It allows us to start using useful jQuery selectors
$( document ).ready(function() {
// create a Google Maps map variable
var map;
// create a location variables
var myLocation = new google.maps.LatLng(45.53 , -73.62);
// create a pop-up window variable
var myInfoWindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();
// A function to create the marker and InfoWindow
function createMarkerAndInfoWindow(location, name, html) {
// create marker for location provided
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
position : location,
map: map,
title: 'This is the default tooltip!',
draggable: true
});
// Add listener on market which will show infoWindow when clicked
google.maps.event.addListener(marker, "click", function() {
myInfoWindow.setContent(html);
myInfoWindow.open(marker.getMap(), marker);
});
// Add listener on 'drag end' event, add logitude and latitude to beginning of table
google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'dragend', function(evt){
var textToInsert = '';
textToInsert = '<tr><td>' + evt.latLng.lat().toFixed(5) + '</td><td>' + evt.latLng.lng().toFixed(5) + '</td></tr>';
$("#myTable tbody").prepend(textToInsert);
});
// listener on drag event
google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'dragstart', function(evt){
// nothing for now
});
return marker;
}
function initialize() {
var mapOptions = {
zoom : 10,
center : myLocation,
draggable: true,
mapTypeId : google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
};
// create the map
map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map-canvas'), mapOptions);
// add marker
var marker = createMarkerAndInfoWindow(myLocation, "myMarkerName",
"You can add all sorts of <br/> <b>formattted</b> content to the <br/>InfoWindow!");
marker.setMap(map);
}
// add a listener to the window object, which as soon as the load event is
// triggered (i.e. "the page has finished loading") executes the function "initialize"
google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);
}); // end document ready
</script>
<h3>Click and drag marker to get Latitude/Longitude</h3>
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<div id="map-canvas"></div>
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<table id='myTable'>
<tbody>
</tbody>
</table>
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