Add A Marker

[PartyPanda]

I have noticed on Google Maps you can now add your own private markers. This is done using the "Add a placemark" icon located top left on the google maps. What I need to know, is this is shared google maps function which is available on the API? If so, are there any documents on how to use it?

 

Cheers

[Barry Hunter]

No this isnt exposed as a reusable component. 

Will have to build similar functionality yourself. 

But all the basic functions are in the API, so its not that complicated to make. (dragable markers, editable lines etc) 

(I pretty sure people have build compoents to make editable lines even easier, but dont know any for plain markers) 

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 7:02 AM, PartyPanda <partyp...@googlemail.com> wrote:

I have noticed on Google Maps you can now add your own private markers. This is done using the "Add a placemark" icon located top left on the google maps. What I need to know, is this is shared google maps function which is available on the API? If so, are there any documents on how to use it?

 

Cheers

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[EmmaS]

Don't know if this will be helpful to you, but one thing you can do is
build your markers in Google Maps, export them as KML and include that
as a KML overlay in your API. To export your My Places map to KML,
click 'View in Google Earth' and you will download a KML file.
Depending on what kind of data it is and what I want to do with it, I
typically incorporate that layer directly into my map as a KML overlay
(documentation here: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/overlays.html#KMLLayers)
or as a Fusion Tables layer. If you want to include it as a Fusion
Tables layer, follow these steps for exporting your My Places map:
https://sites.google.com/site/gmapstips/export-my-map-as-kml.Directions
for rendering FT layer in map here:
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/overlays.html#FusionTables.

ES

On Jun 22, 7:22 am, Barry Hunter <barrybhun...@gmail.com> wrote:
> No this isnt exposed as a reusable component.
>
> Will have to build similar functionality yourself.
>
> But all the basic functions are in the API, so its not that complicated to
> make. (dragable markers, editable lines etc)
>
> (I pretty sure people have build compoents to make editable lines even
> easier, but dont know any for plain markers)
>