Routing control name and add custom markers

Question

Hi I am trying to add custom markers using leaflet and drawing the route using Routing.control. I need to add a variable to markers to, as I need to update one of the marker positions from time to time. I will only ever have 3 marker or waypoints, a start, a 2nd and 3rd. I will probably need to move only the start marker.

The code to add the route which draws the route and adds the default markers is

var route = L.Routing.control({
     waypoints: [
    L.latLng(my_lat, my_lng),
    L.latLng(job_p_lat, job_p_lng),
    L.latLng(job_d_lat, job_d_lng)
 ],show: false, units: 'imperial',
 router: L.Routing.mapbox('API KEY HERE')
}).addTo(map);

I have tried q few things not worth showing as did totally nothing. Any advice would be great, thanks

Answer 1

If you look at this issue you will see that you question regarding the different marker icons has already been answered.

The createMarker option function for L.Routing.control can be used like:

// source: https://github.com/pointhi/leaflet-color-markers
var greenIcon = new L.Icon({
  iconUrl: 'https://cdn.rawgit.com/pointhi/leaflet-color-markers/master/img/marker-icon-2x-green.png',
  shadowUrl: 'https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/leaflet/1.3.4/images/marker-shadow.png',
  iconSize: [25, 41],
  iconAnchor: [12, 41],
  popupAnchor: [1, -34],
  shadowSize: [41, 41]
});
L.Routing.control({
  waypoints: [
    L.latLng(57.74, 11.94),    // startmarker
    L.latLng(57.6792, 11.949) // endmarker
  ],
  createMarker: function(i, wp, nWps) {
    if (i === 0 || i === nWps - 1) {
      // here change the starting and ending icons
      return L.marker(wp.latLng, {
        icon: greenIcon // here pass the custom marker icon instance
      });
    } else {
      // here change all the others
      return L.marker(wp.latLng, {
        icon: yourOtherCustomIconInstance
      });
    }
  }
}).addTo(map);

Demo - open it in a incognito window as there is a request limitation to the API.

You should see something like this:

Update: to change the route dynamically you have to do sth like this:

store your routing control instance to a variable: var control = L.Routing.control({...})

and then change the marker position like this:

// this is the starting marker latitude
control.getRouter().options.waypoints[0].lat = L.latLng(59.74, 11.94);

// similarly for longitude and for ending marker to change the position dynamically

and then refresh the route graph:

control.route();