GeoRSS Layers

  • This example demonstrates how to create and display a GeoRSS layer on a Google Map using the KmlLayer object.

  • The KmlLayer is initialized with a URL pointing to a GeoRSS feed, in this case, a Flickr feed.

  • The example code includes HTML, CSS, and JavaScript snippets to create a map container, style it, and load the GeoRSS layer.

  • Users can experiment with the code directly in JSFiddle.

This example constructs a KmlLayer object from a given GeoRSS feed.

Read the documentation.

function initMap() {
  var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
    zoom: 4,
    center: {lat: 49.496675, lng: -102.65625}
  });

  var georssLayer = new google.maps.KmlLayer({
    url: 'http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/geo/?g=322338@N20&lang=en-us&format=feed-georss'
  });
  georssLayer.setMap(map);
}
 
<div id="map"></div>
 
/* 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;
}
 
<!-- Replace the value of the key parameter with your own API key. -->
<script async
src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyCkUOdZ5y7hMm0yrcCQoCvLwzdM6M8s5qk&callback=initMap">
</script>

Try it yourself

You can experiment with this code in JSFiddle by clicking the <> icon in the top-right corner of the code window.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no">
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>GeoRSS Layers</title>
    <style>
      /* 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;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="map"></div>
    <script>
      function initMap() {
        var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
          zoom: 4,
          center: {lat: 49.496675, lng: -102.65625}
        });

        var georssLayer = new google.maps.KmlLayer({
          url: 'http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/geo/?g=322338@N20&lang=en-us&format=feed-georss'
        });
        georssLayer.setMap(map);
      }
    </script>
    <script async
    src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=YOUR_API_KEY&callback=initMap">
    </script>
  </body>
</html>