How to handle overlapping markers?

[ineeds-dev]

I know about OverlappingMarkerSpiderfier, just want to know if someone has an example using it with advancedmarkers or another solution to handle this use case

[chama-x]

Best approaches for overlapping markers:

1. OverlappingMarkerSpiderfier - Good choice, works well with google-maps-api

const oms = new OverlappingMarkerSpiderfier(map);
oms.addMarker(marker);
oms.addListener('click', marker => { /* handle */ });

2. Clustering - Use MarkerClusterer if markers are at same/nearby locations:

const markerCluster = new markerClustererPlus.MarkerClusterer({
  map: map,
  markers: yourMarkers
});

3. AdvancedMarker with zIndex - Control stacking order:

<AdvancedMarker position={pos} zIndex={someValue} />

4 Info window alone - If you just need one popup visible, use:

const infoWindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();
marker.addListener('click', () => {
  infoWindow.close(); // close previous
  infoWindow.open(map, marker);
});

For react-google-maps: OverlappingMarkerSpiderfier integrates cleanly since you get the raw map instance via useMap() hook. Clustering is also popular if you're grouping by location.