I calculated the wind direction and now I want to show the wind direction pointing to 144 degrees (on compass). How can I show this arrow on Google Maps?
In example :
// content element of a rich marker
var richMarkerContent = document.createElement('div');
// arrow image
var arrowImage = new Image();
arrowImage.src = 'http://www.openclipart.org/image/250px/' +
'svg_to_png/Anonymous_Arrow_Down_Green.png';
// rotation in degree
var directionDeg = 144 ;
// create a container for the arrow
var rotationElement = document.createElement('div');
var rotationStyles = 'display:block;' +
'-ms-transform: rotate(%rotationdeg);' +
'-o-transform: rotate(%rotationdeg);' +
'-moz-transform: rotate(%rotationdeg);' +
'-webkit-transform: rotate(%rotationdeg);' ;
// replace %rotation with the value of directionDeg
rotationStyles = rotationStyles.split('%rotation').join(directionDeg);
rotationElement.setAttribute('style', rotationStyles);
rotationElement.setAttribute('alt', 'arrow');
// append image into the rotation container element
rotationElement.appendChild(arrowImage);
// append rotation container into the richMarker content element
richMarkerContent.appendChild(rotationElement);
// create a rich marker ("position" and "map" are google maps objects)
new RichMarker(
{
position : position,
map : map,
draggable : false,
flat : true,
anchor : RichMarkerPosition.TOP_RIGHT,
content : richMarkerContent.innerHTML
}
);