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• TypeScript can enhance Google Maps development by providing static typing and improved code maintainability.

• Use the@types/google.maps package from DefinitelyTyped for TypeScript support in your Google Maps projects.

• Alpha and beta Google Maps features may require type casting to avoid TypeScript errors.

• In case of conflicting type definitions, consider utilizing theskipLibCheck compiler option to bypass type checking of external libraries.

• When necessary, configuretypeRoots in your TypeScript configuration to ensure proper inclusion of Google Maps type definitions.

TypeScript is a typed superset of JavaScriptthat compiles to plain JavaScript. The snippet below demonstrates simple usageof Google Maps using TypeScript.

letmap:google.maps.Map;constcenter:google.maps.LatLngLiteral={lat:30,lng:-110};functioninitMap():void{map=newgoogle.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map")asHTMLElement,{center,zoom:8});}

Getting Started

TheDefinitelyTyped project isan open source projects that maintains typedeclaration files for many packages including Google Maps. The Google Maps JavaScript declarationfiles (seesource files on GitHub) can be installed using NPM from the@types/google.maps package.

npmi-D@types/google.maps

Alpha and Beta Features

Thetypes typically don't have the properties, functions, or classes found in alpha orbeta releases. In many of these cases, the object can be cast to the correcttype.

The following error is caused by themapId beta property forMapOptions.

error TS2345: Argument of type '{ center: google.maps.LatLng; zoom: number;mapId: string; }' is not assignable to parameter of type 'MapOptions'. Objectliteral may only specify known properties, and 'mapId' does not exist in type'MapOptions'.

The above error can be corrected with the cast below.

{center:{lat:30,lng:-110},zoom:8,mapId:'1234'}asgoogle.maps.MapOptions

Conflicting @types packages

Some libraries may use a package other than@types/google.maps,which may cause conflicts. Use theskipLibCheck compiler option to avoid issues with inconsistent types.

{"compilerOptions":{"skipLibCheck":true}}

Specify typeRoots

Some frameworks such as Angular may require specifying thetypeRoots compiler option to include types installed from@types/google.maps and all other "@types" packages.

{..."compilerOptions":{..."typeRoots":["node_modules/@types",],...}}