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Add a Map using HTML

Page Summary

This example showcases creating a basic Google Map using HTML and the gmp-map web component.
The map is initialized using JavaScript (or TypeScript) with an initMap function.
Sample code provides implementation in both JavaScript and TypeScript, along with the corresponding HTML and CSS.
Users can experiment with the example via provided links to JSFiddle and Google Cloud Shell or clone the repository for local execution.

This example demonstrates creating a map using HTML, with the gmp-map element.

Read the documentation.

TypeScript

// This example adds a map using web components.index.ts

JavaScript

// This example adds a map using web components.index.js

CSS

style.css

HTML

<html>
    <head>
        <title>Add a Map using HTML</title>

        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />
        <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
        <script
            async
            src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?loading=async&key=GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY&libraries=maps,marker"></script>
    </head>
    <body>
        <gmp-map
            center="37.4220656,-122.0840897"
            zoom="10"
            style="height: 500px"></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/web-components-map
  npm start