Add marker to Google Map on Click

Question

I\'m surprisingly struggling to find a very simple example of how to add a marker(s) to a Google Map when a user left clicks on the map.

I have looked around for the

Answer 1

This is actually a documented feature, and can be found here

// This event listener calls addMarker() when the map is clicked.
  google.maps.event.addListener(map, 'click', function(e) {
    placeMarker(e.latLng, map);
  });

  function placeMarker(position, map) {
    var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
      position: position,
      map: map
    });  
    map.panTo(position);
  }