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Simple Map

Page Summary

This example demonstrates how to create a basic Google Map centered on Sydney, Australia.
It provides code snippets in TypeScript, JavaScript, CSS, and HTML to display the map.
Users can interact with the sample via JSFiddle or Google Cloud Shell, or clone and run it locally.
Cloning the sample requires Git and Node.js, along with specific commands for setup and execution.

This example creates a map that's centered on Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

TypeScript

async function init(): Promise<void> {
    // Import the needed libraries.
    await google.maps.importLibrary('maps');

    // Access the map.
    const mapElement = document.querySelector('gmp-map')!;
    // Access the underlying map object.
    const innerMap = mapElement.innerMap;

    console.log({ mapElement, innerMap });
}

void init();index.ts

JavaScript

async function init() {
    // Import the needed libraries.
    await google.maps.importLibrary('maps');

    // Access the map.
    const mapElement = document.querySelector('gmp-map');
    // Access the underlying map object.
    const innerMap = mapElement.innerMap;

    console.log({ mapElement, innerMap });
}

void init();index.js

CSS

/* 
 * Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. 
 */
html,
body {
    height: 100%;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}
style.css

HTML

<html>
    <head>
        <title>Simple 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>
        <gmp-map center="-34.397,150.644" zoom="8" mapId="DEMO_MAP_ID">
        </gmp-map>
    </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/map-simple
  npm start