Introducing Places UI Kit: A ready-to-use, low-cost component library that lets you bring the familiar Google Maps UI for Places to any map of your choice. Try it out, andshare your input to help shape the future of GMP!

Data Layer: Simple

This example uses a data layer to set the stroke width and fill color for thesamples provided from aGeoJSON file.

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TypeScript

letmap:google.maps.Map;functioninitMap():void{map=newgoogle.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map")asHTMLElement,{zoom:4,center:{lat:-28,lng:137},});// NOTE: This uses cross-domain XHR, and may not work on older browsers.map.data.loadGeoJson("https://storage.googleapis.com/mapsdevsite/json/google.json");}declareglobal{interfaceWindow{initMap:()=>void;}}window.initMap=initMap;
Note: Read theguide on using TypeScript and Google Maps.

JavaScript

letmap;functioninitMap(){map=newgoogle.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"),{zoom:4,center:{lat:-28,lng:137},});// NOTE: This uses cross-domain XHR, and may not work on older browsers.map.data.loadGeoJson("https://storage.googleapis.com/mapsdevsite/json/google.json",);}window.initMap=initMap;
Note: The JavaScript is compiled from the TypeScript snippet.

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;}

HTML

<html>  <head>    <title>Data Layer: Simple</title>    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />    <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>  </head>  <body>    <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=initMap&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-simplehttps://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples.gitcdjs-samplesnpminpmstart

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gitcheckoutsample-SAMPLE_NAMEnpminpmstart

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Last updated 2025-07-18 UTC.