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Simple Map

  • This example demonstrates how to create a basic Google Map centered on Sydney, Australia.

  • It provides code snippets in TypeScript, JavaScript, CSS, and HTML to display the map.

  • Users can interact with the sample via JSFiddle or Google Cloud Shell, or clone and run it locally.

  • Cloning the sample requires Git and Node.js, along with specific commands for setup and execution.

This example creates a map that's centered on Sydney, New South Wales,Australia.

TypeScript

letmap:google.maps.Map;asyncfunctioninitMap():Promise<void>{const{Map}=(awaitgoogle.maps.importLibrary('maps'))asgoogle.maps.MapsLibrary;map=newMap(document.getElementById('map')asHTMLElement,{center:{lat:-34.397,lng:150.644},zoom:8,});}initMap();
Note: Read theguide on using TypeScript and Google Maps.

JavaScript

letmap;asyncfunctioninitMap(){const{Map}=(awaitgoogle.maps.importLibrary('maps'));map=newMap(document.getElementById('map'),{center:{lat:-34.397,lng:150.644},zoom:8,});}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>Simple Map</title>        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />        <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>    </head>    <body>        <div></div>        <!-- prettier-ignore -->        <script>(g=>{var h,a,k,p="The Google Maps JavaScript API",c="google",l="importLibrary",q="__ib__",m=document,b=window;b=b[c]||(b[c]={});var d=b.maps||(b.maps={}),r=new Set,e=new URLSearchParams,u=()=>h||(h=new Promise(async(f,n)=>{await (a=m.createElement("script"));e.set("libraries",[...r]+"");for(k in g)e.set(k.replace(/[A-Z]/g,t=>"_"+t[0].toLowerCase()),g[k]);e.set("callback",c+".maps."+q);a.src=`https://maps.${c}apis.com/maps/api/js?`+e;d[q]=f;a.onerror=()=>h=n(Error(p+" could not load."));a.nonce=m.querySelector("script[nonce]")?.nonce||"";m.head.append(a)}));d[l]?console.warn(p+" only loads once. Ignoring:",g):d[l]=(f,...n)=>r.add(f)&&u().then(()=>d[l](f,...n))})        ({key: "AIzaSyA6myHzS10YXdcazAFalmXvDkrYCp5cLc8", v: "weekly"});</script>    </body></html>

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Clone Sample

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

gitclonehttps://github.com/googlemaps-samples/js-api-samples.gitcdsamples/map-simplenpminpmstart

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Last updated 2025-12-11 UTC.