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Showing Pixel and Tile Coordinates

  • This example demonstrates how to display a map centered on Chicago, IL.

  • An info window shows the latitude, longitude, zoom level, world, pixel, and tile coordinates for the specified location.

  • The info window content dynamically updates as the user changes the map's zoom level.

  • The sample code utilizes the Web Mercator projection to calculate pixel and tile coordinates from latitude and longitude.

This example creates a map that displays a window with the latitude, longitude,and world, pixel, and tile coordinates for Chicago, IL. It also shows how thesevalues change as the zoom level is adjusted.

Read thedocumentation.

TypeScript

functioninitMap():void{constchicago=newgoogle.maps.LatLng(41.85,-87.65);constmap=newgoogle.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map")asHTMLElement,{center:chicago,zoom:3,});constcoordInfoWindow=newgoogle.maps.InfoWindow();coordInfoWindow.setContent(createInfoWindowContent(chicago,map.getZoom()!));coordInfoWindow.setPosition(chicago);coordInfoWindow.open(map);map.addListener("zoom_changed",()=>{coordInfoWindow.setContent(createInfoWindowContent(chicago,map.getZoom()!));coordInfoWindow.open(map);});}constTILE_SIZE=256;functioncreateInfoWindowContent(latLng:google.maps.LatLng,zoom:number){constscale=1 <<zoom;constworldCoordinate=project(latLng);constpixelCoordinate=newgoogle.maps.Point(Math.floor(worldCoordinate.x*scale),Math.floor(worldCoordinate.y*scale));consttileCoordinate=newgoogle.maps.Point(Math.floor((worldCoordinate.x*scale)/TILE_SIZE),Math.floor((worldCoordinate.y*scale)/TILE_SIZE));return["Chicago, IL","LatLng: "+latLng,"Zoom level: "+zoom,"World Coordinate: "+worldCoordinate,"Pixel Coordinate: "+pixelCoordinate,"Tile Coordinate: "+tileCoordinate,].join("<br>");}// The mapping between latitude, longitude and pixels is defined by the web// mercator projection.functionproject(latLng:google.maps.LatLng){letsiny=Math.sin((latLng.lat()*Math.PI)/180);// Truncating to 0.9999 effectively limits latitude to 89.189. This is// about a third of a tile past the edge of the world tile.siny=Math.min(Math.max(siny,-0.9999),0.9999);returnnewgoogle.maps.Point(TILE_SIZE*(0.5+latLng.lng()/360),TILE_SIZE*(0.5-Math.log((1+siny)/(1-siny))/(4*Math.PI)));}declareglobal{interfaceWindow{initMap:()=>void;}}window.initMap=initMap;
Note: Read theguide on using TypeScript and Google Maps.

JavaScript

functioninitMap(){constchicago=newgoogle.maps.LatLng(41.85,-87.65);constmap=newgoogle.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"),{center:chicago,zoom:3,});constcoordInfoWindow=newgoogle.maps.InfoWindow();coordInfoWindow.setContent(createInfoWindowContent(chicago,map.getZoom()));coordInfoWindow.setPosition(chicago);coordInfoWindow.open(map);map.addListener("zoom_changed",()=>{coordInfoWindow.setContent(createInfoWindowContent(chicago,map.getZoom()));coordInfoWindow.open(map);});}constTILE_SIZE=256;functioncreateInfoWindowContent(latLng,zoom){constscale=1 <<zoom;constworldCoordinate=project(latLng);constpixelCoordinate=newgoogle.maps.Point(Math.floor(worldCoordinate.x*scale),Math.floor(worldCoordinate.y*scale),);consttileCoordinate=newgoogle.maps.Point(Math.floor((worldCoordinate.x*scale)/TILE_SIZE),Math.floor((worldCoordinate.y*scale)/TILE_SIZE),);return["Chicago, IL","LatLng: "+latLng,"Zoom level: "+zoom,"World Coordinate: "+worldCoordinate,"Pixel Coordinate: "+pixelCoordinate,"Tile Coordinate: "+tileCoordinate,].join("<br>");}// The mapping between latitude, longitude and pixels is defined by the web// mercator projection.functionproject(latLng){letsiny=Math.sin((latLng.lat()*Math.PI)/180);// Truncating to 0.9999 effectively limits latitude to 89.189. This is// about a third of a tile past the edge of the world tile.siny=Math.min(Math.max(siny,-0.9999),0.9999);returnnewgoogle.maps.Point(TILE_SIZE*(0.5+latLng.lng()/360),TILE_SIZE*(0.5-Math.log((1+siny)/(1-siny))/(4*Math.PI)),);}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>Showing Pixel and Tile Coordinates</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-map-coordinateshttps://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples.gitcdjs-samplesnpminpmstart

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Last updated 2025-11-21 UTC.