Moving a custom overlay in Google Maps javascript API v3

I found no problem in doing it using Google Maps Markers, but I need a more customized marker so I'm using Google Maps custom overlays and I can ... Resultsfromthe2022DeveloperSurveyarehere. Home Public Questions Tags Users Companies Collectives ExploreCollectives Teams StackOverflowforTeams –Startcollaboratingandsharingorganizationalknowledge. CreateafreeTeam WhyTeams? Teams CreatefreeTeam Collectives™onStackOverflow Findcentralized,trustedcontentandcollaboratearoundthetechnologiesyouusemost. Learnmore Teams Q&Aforwork Connectandshareknowledgewithinasinglelocationthatisstructuredandeasytosearch. Learnmore MovingacustomoverlayinGoogleMapsjavascriptAPIv3 AskQuestion Asked 5years,2monthsago Modified 5years,2monthsago Viewed 4ktimes 1 2 I'mdevelopingasmallappusingGoogleMapsjavascriptAPIv3whereIneedtodisplay2markersandupdatetheirpositionsusingajax.IfoundnoproblemindoingitusingGoogleMapsMarkers,butIneedamorecustomizedmarkersoI'musingGoogleMapscustomoverlaysandIcan'tfindthewaytomakethemovementssmooth. Thisisthedesignofthemarkers(thatalsousescssanimations,soIneedcustomhtml): Markersdesign TheproblemIhaveisthatIcan'tfindawaytoactuallymovethecustomoverlayonthemap.WhatI'mdoingnowisremovingtheoverlayandcreatinganewoneeverytimeIhavetomoveit,whatmakesalittleblinkanddon'tallowmetomakeasmoothtransitionfromonepositiontotheother. Soherearemyquestions: 1-Isusingcustomoverlaysthebestwaytobuildthemarkersaccordingtothedesign?IsthereanywaytomakeGoogleMapsMarkerslooklikethedesign? 2-Ifusingcustomoverlays(https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/customoverlays)isthebestoption,isthereanotherwayformovingthemthatisnotremovingandcreatinganewone? Thanksinadvance! javascriptgoogle-mapsgoogle-maps-api-3 Share Follow editedMar31,2017at14:48 JavierGbas askedMar31,2017at10:09 JavierGbasJavierGbas 13611silverbadge1010bronzebadges Addacomment  |  1Answer 1 Sortedby: Resettodefault Highestscore(default) Trending(recentvotescountmore) Datemodified(newestfirst) Datecreated(oldestfirst) 7 Afterstrugglingwiththissometime(itreallytookmeseveralhours)Ihavemanagetodoitgettinginspiredbythisfiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/doktormolle/QRuW8/ Thefunctionalityisnotthesame,butIcouldgetsomeideas. SincethereisnotalotofdocumentationIhavecreatedmyownfiddlewithaworking(andsimplified)example,justincaseisusefulforanyone: https://jsfiddle.net/javigbas/3zx5xa2u/ :) Share Follow answeredMar31,2017at12:42 JavierGbasJavierGbas 13611silverbadge1010bronzebadges 0 Addacomment  |  YourAnswer ThanksforcontributingananswertoStackOverflow!Pleasebesuretoanswerthequestion.Providedetailsandshareyourresearch!Butavoid…Askingforhelp,clarification,orrespondingtootheranswers.Makingstatementsbasedonopinion;backthemupwithreferencesorpersonalexperience.Tolearnmore,seeourtipsonwritinggreatanswers. Draftsaved Draftdiscarded Signuporlogin SignupusingGoogle SignupusingFacebook SignupusingEmailandPassword Submit Postasaguest Name Email Required,butnevershown PostYourAnswer Discard Byclicking“PostYourAnswer”,youagreetoourtermsofservice,privacypolicyandcookiepolicy Nottheansweryou'relookingfor?Browseotherquestionstaggedjavascriptgoogle-mapsgoogle-maps-api-3oraskyourownquestion. 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