I am currently working on a project that involves integrating Google Maps. The project includes storing hospital addresses (in longitude and latitude) in a database. However, I need assistance in displaying the nearest hospital from my current location. I am having trouble figuring out how to achieve this. Can someone help me with the best algorithm and provide some code examples?
The code below is used to display all hospital addresses on the map. What I now require is guidance on how to show only the 3 nearest hospitals from my current position.
function initMap() {
var mapType = google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP;
var animationType = google.maps.Animation.DROP;
var currentLocationAnimationType = google.maps.Animation.BOUNCE;
var mapElement = document.getElementById('map');
var nepalLocation = {
lat: 28.3949,
lng: 84.1240
};
var mapOptions = {
center: nepalLocation,
zoom: 7,
mapTypeId: mapType,
};
// actual map
map = new google.maps.Map(mapElement, mapOptions);
var infoWindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();
var latlngbounds = new google.maps.LatLngBounds();
var geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder();
if (navigator.geolocation) {
navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(function(p) {
var LatLng = new google.maps.LatLng(p.coords.latitude, p.coords.longitude);
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: LatLng,
map: map,
title: "My Location",
animation: currentLocationAnimationType
});
google.maps.event.addListener(marker, "click", function(e) {
var infoWindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();
infoWindow.setContent(marker.title);
infoWindow.open(map, marker);
});
});
} else {
alert('Geo Location feature is not supported in this browser.');
}
for (var i = 0; i < markers.length; i++) {
var data = markers[i]
var myLatlng = new google.maps.LatLng(data.lat, data.lng);
var image = "img/iconHospital.png";
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: myLatlng,
map: map,
icon: image,
title: data.district,
animation: animationType
});
}
}
google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initMap);<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?v=3.exp&sensor=true&libraries=places"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="map"></div>
</body>
</html>