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Data Layer: Drag and Drop GeoJSON

  • This example demonstrates how to drag and drop GeoJSON data onto a Google Map to display it.

  • Users can drag sample GeoJSON files or their own files representing polygons, points, or polylines.

  • The map automatically adjusts its viewport to fit the bounds of the loaded GeoJSON data.

  • The sample utilizes the google.maps.Data class for managing and displaying geographical data on the map.

  • You can download a sample GeoJSON file or clone the entire example code to test it locally.

This example allows you to drag and drop GeoJSON onto the map. Downloadasample GeoJSON file to test dragging from the device.

For more information about how to work with the map data layer, see thegoogle.maps.Data class.

TypeScript

letmap:google.maps.Map;functioninitMap():void{// set up the mapmap=newgoogle.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map")asHTMLElement,{center:newgoogle.maps.LatLng(0,0),zoom:4,});}functionloadGeoJsonString(geoString:string){try{constgeojson=JSON.parse(geoString)asany;map.data.addGeoJson(geojson);}catch(e){alert("Not a GeoJSON file!");}zoom(map);}/** * Update a map's viewport to fit each geometry in a dataset */functionzoom(map:google.maps.Map){constbounds=newgoogle.maps.LatLngBounds();map.data.forEach((feature)=>{constgeometry=feature.getGeometry();if(geometry){processPoints(geometry,bounds.extend,bounds);}});map.fitBounds(bounds);}/** * Process each point in a Geometry, regardless of how deep the points may lie. */functionprocessPoints(geometry:google.maps.LatLng|google.maps.Data.Geometry,callback:any,thisArg:google.maps.LatLngBounds){if(geometryinstanceofgoogle.maps.LatLng){callback.call(thisArg,geometry);}elseif(geometryinstanceofgoogle.maps.Data.Point){callback.call(thisArg,geometry.get());}else{// @ts-ignoregeometry.getArray().forEach((g)=>{processPoints(g,callback,thisArg);});}}/* DOM (drag/drop) functions */functioninitEvents(){[...document.getElementsByClassName("file")].forEach((fileElement)=>{fileElement.addEventListener("dragstart",(e:Event)=>{// @ts-ignoree.dataTransfer.setData("text/plain",JSON.stringify(files[Number((e.targetasHTMLElement).dataset.value)]));console.log(e);},false);});// set up the drag & drop eventsconstmapContainer=document.getElementById("map")asHTMLElement;mapContainer.addEventListener("dragenter",addClassToDropTarget,false);mapContainer.addEventListener("dragover",addClassToDropTarget,false);mapContainer.addEventListener("drop",handleDrop,false);mapContainer.addEventListener("dragleave",removeClassFromDropTarget,false);}functionaddClassToDropTarget(e:Event){e.stopPropagation();e.preventDefault();document.getElementById("map")!.classList.add("over");returnfalse;}functionremoveClassFromDropTarget(e:Event){document.getElementById("map")!.classList.remove("over");}functionhandleDrop(e:DragEvent){e.preventDefault();e.stopPropagation();removeClassFromDropTarget(e);constfiles=(e.dataTransferasDataTransfer).files;if(files.length){// process file(s) being dropped// grab the file data from each filefor(leti=0,file;(file=files[i]);i++){constreader=newFileReader();reader.onload=function(e){loadGeoJsonString(reader.resultasstring);};reader.onerror=function(e){console.error("reading failed");};reader.readAsText(file);}}else{// process non-file (e.g. text or html) content being dropped// grab the plain text version of the dataconstplainText=(e.dataTransferasDataTransfer).getData("text/plain");console.log(plainText);if(plainText){loadGeoJsonString(plainText);}}// prevent drag event from bubbling furtherreturnfalse;}functioninitialize(){initMap();initEvents();}constfiles=[{type:"FeatureCollection",features:[{type:"Feature",properties:{},geometry:{type:"Polygon",coordinates:[[[-99.49218749999999,-11.867350911459294],[24.960937499999996,-11.867350911459294],[24.960937499999996,47.517200697839414],[-99.49218749999999,47.517200697839414],[-99.49218749999999,-11.867350911459294],],],},},],},{type:"FeatureCollection",features:[{type:"Feature",properties:{},geometry:{type:"Point",coordinates:[81.2109375,50.064191736659104],},},{type:"Feature",properties:{},geometry:{type:"Point",coordinates:[103.35937499999999,-47.98992166741417],},},{type:"Feature",properties:{},geometry:{type:"Point",coordinates:[-46.05468749999999,64.01449619484472],},},{type:"Feature",properties:{},geometry:{type:"Point",coordinates:[-113.203125,37.996162679728116],},},{type:"Feature",properties:{},geometry:{type:"Point",coordinates:[-73.828125,-32.249974455863295],},},],},{type:"FeatureCollection",features:[{type:"Feature",properties:{},geometry:{type:"LineString",coordinates:[[147.65625,-5.266007882805485],[118.47656249999999,43.83452678223682],[80.85937499999999,-30.145127183376115],[35.15625,51.83577752045248],[-15.468749999999998,-23.563987128451217],[-29.53125,44.33956524809713],[-73.47656249999999,-32.842673631954305],[-104.765625,35.460669951495305],],},},],},];declareglobal{interfaceWindow{initialize:()=>void;}}window.initialize=initialize;
Note: Read theguide on using TypeScript and Google Maps.

JavaScript

letmap;functioninitMap(){// set up the mapmap=newgoogle.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"),{center:newgoogle.maps.LatLng(0,0),zoom:4,});}functionloadGeoJsonString(geoString){try{constgeojson=JSON.parse(geoString);map.data.addGeoJson(geojson);}catch(e){alert("Not a GeoJSON file!");}zoom(map);}/** * Update a map's viewport to fit each geometry in a dataset */functionzoom(map){constbounds=newgoogle.maps.LatLngBounds();map.data.forEach((feature)=>{constgeometry=feature.getGeometry();if(geometry){processPoints(geometry,bounds.extend,bounds);}});map.fitBounds(bounds);}/** * Process each point in a Geometry, regardless of how deep the points may lie. */functionprocessPoints(geometry,callback,thisArg){if(geometryinstanceofgoogle.maps.LatLng){callback.call(thisArg,geometry);}elseif(geometryinstanceofgoogle.maps.Data.Point){callback.call(thisArg,geometry.get());}else{// @ts-ignoregeometry.getArray().forEach((g)=>{processPoints(g,callback,thisArg);});}}/* DOM (drag/drop) functions */functioninitEvents(){[...document.getElementsByClassName("file")].forEach((fileElement)=>{fileElement.addEventListener("dragstart",(e)=>{// @ts-ignoree.dataTransfer.setData("text/plain",JSON.stringify(files[Number(e.target.dataset.value)]),);console.log(e);},false,);});// set up the drag & drop eventsconstmapContainer=document.getElementById("map");mapContainer.addEventListener("dragenter",addClassToDropTarget,false);mapContainer.addEventListener("dragover",addClassToDropTarget,false);mapContainer.addEventListener("drop",handleDrop,false);mapContainer.addEventListener("dragleave",removeClassFromDropTarget,false);}functionaddClassToDropTarget(e){e.stopPropagation();e.preventDefault();document.getElementById("map").classList.add("over");returnfalse;}functionremoveClassFromDropTarget(e){document.getElementById("map").classList.remove("over");}functionhandleDrop(e){e.preventDefault();e.stopPropagation();removeClassFromDropTarget(e);constfiles=e.dataTransfer.files;if(files.length){// process file(s) being dropped// grab the file data from each filefor(leti=0,file;(file=files[i]);i++){constreader=newFileReader();reader.onload=function(e){loadGeoJsonString(reader.result);};reader.onerror=function(e){console.error("reading failed");};reader.readAsText(file);}}else{// process non-file (e.g. text or html) content being dropped// grab the plain text version of the dataconstplainText=e.dataTransfer.getData("text/plain");console.log(plainText);if(plainText){loadGeoJsonString(plainText);}}// prevent drag event from bubbling furtherreturnfalse;}functioninitialize(){initMap();initEvents();}constfiles=[{type:"FeatureCollection",features:[{type:"Feature",properties:{},geometry:{type:"Polygon",coordinates:[[[-99.49218749999999,-11.867350911459294],[24.960937499999996,-11.867350911459294],[24.960937499999996,47.517200697839414],[-99.49218749999999,47.517200697839414],[-99.49218749999999,-11.867350911459294],],],},},],},{type:"FeatureCollection",features:[{type:"Feature",properties:{},geometry:{type:"Point",coordinates:[81.2109375,50.064191736659104],},},{type:"Feature",properties:{},geometry:{type:"Point",coordinates:[103.35937499999999,-47.98992166741417],},},{type:"Feature",properties:{},geometry:{type:"Point",coordinates:[-46.05468749999999,64.01449619484472],},},{type:"Feature",properties:{},geometry:{type:"Point",coordinates:[-113.203125,37.996162679728116],},},{type:"Feature",properties:{},geometry:{type:"Point",coordinates:[-73.828125,-32.249974455863295],},},],},{type:"FeatureCollection",features:[{type:"Feature",properties:{},geometry:{type:"LineString",coordinates:[[147.65625,-5.266007882805485],[118.47656249999999,43.83452678223682],[80.85937499999999,-30.145127183376115],[35.15625,51.83577752045248],[-15.468749999999998,-23.563987128451217],[-29.53125,44.33956524809713],[-73.47656249999999,-32.842673631954305],[-104.765625,35.460669951495305],],},},],},];window.initialize=initialize;
Note: The JavaScript is compiled from the TypeScript snippet.

CSS

html{height:100%;}body{height:100%;margin:0;padding:0;overflow:hidden;}#map{height:100%;}#map.over{opacity:0.5;background-color:rgba(100,100,100,0.5);}#sidebar{flex-direction:column;align-items:center;justify-content:center;overflow:auto;}.file{display:flex;flex-flow:column;margin-top:1em;cursor:move;text-align:center;}.file:hover.material-icons{color:darkorange;}.file:hover.filename{font-weight:bold;}.file.material-icons{font-size:50px;color:orange;}.file.material-icons:hover{color:darkorange;}.file.filename{margin-top:0.5em;font-size:20px;color:#333333;}/* Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. */html,body{height:100%;margin:0;padding:0;}#container{height:100%;display:flex;}#sidebar{flex-basis:15rem;flex-grow:1;padding:1rem;max-width:30rem;height:100%;box-sizing:border-box;overflow:auto;}#map{flex-basis:0;flex-grow:4;height:100%;}

HTML

<html>  <head>    <title>Data Layer: Drag and Drop GeoJSON</title>    <link      href="https://unpkg.com/material-components-web@6.0.0/dist/material-components-web.css"      rel="stylesheet"    />    <link      rel="stylesheet"      href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/icon?family=Material+Icons"    />    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />    <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>  </head>  <body>    <div>      <div></div>      <div>        <div draggable="true" data-value="0">          <span>text_snippet</span>          <div>polygons.geojson</div>        </div>        <div draggable="true" data-value="1">          <span>text_snippet</span>          <div>points.geojson</div>        </div>        <div draggable="true" data-value="2">          <span>text_snippet</span>          <div>polyline.geojson</div>        </div>      </div>    </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=initialize&v=weekly"      defer    ></script>  </body></html>

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Git and Node.js are required to run this sample locally. Follow theseinstructions to install Node.js and NPM. The following commands clone, install dependencies and start the sample application.

gitclone-bsample-layer-data-dragndrophttps://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples.gitcdjs-samplesnpminpmstart

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Last updated 2025-12-18 UTC.