Basic polyline

This example shows how to create a polyline on a 3D map.

Read the documentation.

JavaScript

let map;
async function init() {
    const { Map3DElement, Polyline3DElement } =
        await google.maps.importLibrary('maps3d');

    map = new Map3DElement({
        center: { lat: 37.7927, lng: -122.402, altitude: 65.93 },
        range: 3362.87,
        tilt: 64.01,
        heading: 25.0,
        mode: 'SATELLITE',
    });

    document.body.append(map);

    const polyline = new Polyline3DElement({
        path: [
            { lat: 37.80515638571346, lng: -122.4032569467164 },
            { lat: 37.80337073509504, lng: -122.4012878349353 },
            { lat: 37.79925208843463, lng: -122.3976697250461 },
            { lat: 37.7989102378512, lng: -122.3983408725656 },
            { lat: 37.79887832784348, lng: -122.3987094864192 },
            { lat: 37.79786443410338, lng: -122.4066878788802 },
            { lat: 37.79549248916587, lng: -122.4032992702785 },
            { lat: 37.78861484290265, lng: -122.4019489189814 },
            { lat: 37.78618687561075, lng: -122.398969592545 },
            { lat: 37.7892310309145, lng: -122.3951458683092 },
            { lat: 37.7916358762409, lng: -122.3981969390652 },
        ],
        strokeColor: 'blue',
        outerColor: 'white',
        strokeWidth: 10,
        outerWidth: 0.4,
        altitudeMode: 'RELATIVE_TO_GROUND', // Place it on the ground (as it has no altitude it will just be at ground height).
        drawsOccludedSegments: true, // Show the line through the buildings or anything else that might get in the way.
    });

    map.append(polyline);
}

void init();
index.js

CSS

/* 
 * Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div element
 * that contains the map. 
 */
html,
map {
    height: 100%;
}
body {
    height: 100%;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}
style.css

HTML

<html>
    <head>
        <title>Map</title>

        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />
        <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
        <script>
            // prettier-ignore
            (g=>{var h,a,k,p="The Google Maps JavaScript API",c="google",l="importLibrary",q="__ib__",m=document,b=window;b=b[c]||(b[c]={});var d=b.maps||(b.maps={}),r=new Set,e=new URLSearchParams,u=()=>h||(h=new Promise(async(f,n)=>{await (a=m.createElement("script"));e.set("libraries",[...r]+"");for(k in g)e.set(k.replace(/[A-Z]/g,t=>"_"+t[0].toLowerCase()),g[k]);e.set("callback",c+".maps."+q);a.src=`https://maps.${c}apis.com/maps/api/js?`+e;d[q]=f;a.onerror=()=>h=n(Error(p+" could not load."));a.nonce=m.querySelector("script[nonce]")?.nonce||"";m.head.append(a)}));d[l]?console.warn(p+" only loads once. Ignoring:",g):d[l]=(f,...n)=>r.add(f)&&u().then(()=>d[l](f,...n))})({
                key: "GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY"
            });
        </script>
    </head>
    <body>
        <div id="map"></div>
    </body>
</html>
index.html

Clone Sample

Git and Node.js are required to run this sample locally. Follow these instructions to install Node.js and NPM. You will also need a Google Maps API key.

The following commands clone the repository, install dependencies, and copy the environment file.

  git clone https://github.com/googlemaps-samples/js-api-samples.git
  cd js-api-samples
  npm i
  cp .env.template .env

Once you copy the environment file, make sure to open the .env file and replace <Insert your own development API key here> with your actual API key before starting the sample.

  cd samples/3d-polyline
  npm start