Leaflet Day 2 - Adding a Marker

I’m starting off slow, so today we’ll add a marker with some extra features. Since the map from yesterday is already centered on the big earthquake, lets add a marker there.

Adding a Marker

To create a marker, Leaflet uses the L.marker class:

var earthquakeMarker = L.marker([61.346, -149.955]);

This creates the marker, but it needs to be added to the map:

earthquakeMarker.addTo(map);

This gives us:

Map with marker

Good so far, but looking at the map tells us nothing about the marker. Let’s change it by adding a title:

var earthquakeMarker = L.marker([61.346, -149.955], 
    {title: 'November 30, 2018 7.0 earthquake'});

Now when we hover over the marker we get a title:

Map with marker and title

Finally, let’s add a popup to the marker to display more information when clicked. We do this by binding a popup to our existing marker:

(Lines broken to improve readability)

var earthquakeMarker = L.marker([61.346, -149.955],
    {title: 'November 30, 2018 7.0 earthquake'});
earthquakeMarker.bindPopup(
    "Magnitude: 7.0<br>Depth: 46.7 km (29.0 mi)<br>Date: November 30, 2018");
earthquakeMarker.addTo(map);

When we click on the marker, the popup is displayed.

Map with marker, title, and popup

That’s it. You can try the live map here and copy the source if you like.