Question

I am creating a project in Flash using the Google Maps API and docs.

I’m trying to add a marker to the map, which is draggable but I don’t want it to look like the standard Google Maps bubble-style marker. Is it possible to have a custom polygon or image but still keep the draggability?

Answer 1

You can use something like this:

[Embed(source="assets/MyIcon.png")] private var myIcon:Class; //defines the marker icon to be used

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// then in Your code.

var optObj:Object = new Object();
optObj.icon = new myIcon(); // instance of the myIcon Class
optObj.iconOffset = new Point(-11.5, -17.5); // this is optional, to set center of icon visually
optObj.draggable = true; // this option makes draggable Icon
var latlng = new LatLng(xxx, xxx); // replace xxx with your lat/lng values.
var marker:Marker = new Marker(latlng, new MarkerOptions(tmpObj));
map.addOverlay(marker); // adds the marker to your overlay

This is the way i do it, hope You find it usefull.

Regards.

Omar Guzmán.