You can use map styling to hide features on the map. Select an option in this example to hide or show business points of interest (POIs) and public transit icons on the map.
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TypeScript
let map: google.maps.Map; function initMap(): void { map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map") as HTMLElement, { center: { lat: -33.86, lng: 151.209 }, zoom: 13, mapTypeControl: false, }); // Add controls to the map, allowing users to hide/show features. const styleControl = document.getElementById( "style-selector-control" ) as HTMLElement; map.controls[google.maps.ControlPosition.TOP_LEFT].push(styleControl); // Apply new JSON when the user chooses to hide/show features. (document.getElementById("hide-poi") as HTMLElement).addEventListener( "click", () => { map.setOptions({ styles: styles["hide"] }); } ); (document.getElementById("show-poi") as HTMLElement).addEventListener( "click", () => { map.setOptions({ styles: styles["default"] }); } ); } const styles: Record<string, google.maps.MapTypeStyle[]> = { default: [], hide: [ { featureType: "poi.business", stylers: [{ visibility: "off" }], }, { featureType: "transit", elementType: "labels.icon", stylers: [{ visibility: "off" }], }, ], }; declare global { interface Window { initMap: () => void; } } window.initMap = initMap;
JavaScript
let map; function initMap() { map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"), { center: { lat: -33.86, lng: 151.209 }, zoom: 13, mapTypeControl: false, }); // Add controls to the map, allowing users to hide/show features. const styleControl = document.getElementById("style-selector-control"); map.controls[google.maps.ControlPosition.TOP_LEFT].push(styleControl); // Apply new JSON when the user chooses to hide/show features. document.getElementById("hide-poi").addEventListener("click", () => { map.setOptions({ styles: styles["hide"] }); }); document.getElementById("show-poi").addEventListener("click", () => { map.setOptions({ styles: styles["default"] }); }); } const styles = { default: [], hide: [ { featureType: "poi.business", stylers: [{ visibility: "off" }], }, { featureType: "transit", elementType: "labels.icon", stylers: [{ visibility: "off" }], }, ], }; window.initMap = initMap;
CSS
/* * Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div element * that contains the map. */ #map { height: 100%; } /* * Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. */ html, body { height: 100%; margin: 0; padding: 0; } .map-control { background-color: #fff; border: 1px solid #ccc; box-shadow: 0 2px 2px rgba(33, 33, 33, 0.4); font-family: "Roboto", "sans-serif"; margin: 10px; padding-right: 5px; /* Hide the control initially, to prevent it from appearing before the map loads. */ display: none; } /* Display the control once it is inside the map. */ #map .map-control { display: block; } .selector-control { font-size: 14px; line-height: 30px; vertical-align: baseline; }
HTML
<html> <head> <title>Hiding Map Features With Styling</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" /> <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script> </head> <body> <div id="style-selector-control" class="map-control"> <input type="radio" name="show-hide" id="hide-poi" class="selector-control" /> <label for="hide-poi">Hide</label> <input type="radio" name="show-hide" id="show-poi" class="selector-control" checked="checked" /> <label for="show-poi">Show</label> </div> <div id="map"></div> <!-- The `defer` attribute causes the script to execute after the full HTML document has been parsed. For non-blocking uses, avoiding race conditions, and consistent behavior across browsers, consider loading using Promises. See https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/load-maps-js-api for more information. --> <script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyB41DRUbKWJHPxaFjMAwdrzWzbVKartNGg&callback=initMap&v=weekly" defer ></script> </body> </html>
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Git and Node.js are required to run this sample locally. Follow these instructions to install Node.js and NPM. The following commands clone, install dependencies and start the sample application.
git clone -b sample-hiding-features https://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples.git
cd js-samples
npm i
npm start
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git checkout sample-SAMPLE_NAME
npm i
npm start