app/assets/javascripts/map.js
function setupMarkers () {
initialize(window.markers);
}
function initialize(markers) {
var map;
var bounds = new google.maps.LatLngBounds();
// Display a map on the page
map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map-canvas"));
// Info Window Content
var infoWindowContent = new Array();
for( i = 0; i < markers.length; i++ ) {
infoWindowContent.push(['<div class="info_content">' + "<h3><a href='/posts/" + markers[i]["id"] + "'" + 'target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">' + markers[i]["marker_title"] + '</a></h3>' + '<p>'+ window.authors[i] + '</p>' + '</div>']);
}
// Display multiple markers on a map
var infoWindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow(), marker, i;
// Loop through our array of markers & place each one on the map
for( i = 0; i < markers.length; i++ ) {
var position = new google.maps.LatLng(markers[i]["lat"], markers[i]["lng"]);
bounds.extend(position);
marker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: position,
map: map,
title: markers[i]["marker_title"]
});
// Allow each marker to have an info window
google.maps.event.addListener(marker, 'click', (function(marker, i) {
return function() {
infoWindow.setContent(infoWindowContent[i][0]);
infoWindow.open(map, marker);
}
})(marker, i));
// Automatically center the map fitting all markers on the screen
map.fitBounds(bounds);
}
}