Allow user to place marker on a google map

Question

I'm looking for a way to allow a user to place a marker on a Google map and then get the co-ordinates so I can email them to a user.

Is it possible to allow users to do this on the fly? I've seen here and understand I can do this using longitude and Latitude. So using the above method can I get a Longitude and Latitude from a users click?

Answer 1

You can achieve this using the following code:

google.maps.event.addListener(map, 'click', function( event ){
  alert( "Latitude: "+event.latLng.lat()+" "+", longitude: "+event.latLng.lng() ); 
});

The map variable is your google.maps.Map instance. Every time the user clicks the map an alert box will display the coordinates of the place he clicked.