This example creates a ground overlay on top of a map, and adds a UI control allowing users to remove the ground overlay from the map.
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TypeScript
// This example adds a UI control allowing users to remove the // ground overlay from the map. let historicalOverlay: google.maps.GroundOverlay; let map: google.maps.Map; function initMap(): void { map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map") as HTMLElement, { zoom: 13, center: { lat: 40.74, lng: -74.18 }, }); const imageBounds = { north: 40.773941, south: 40.712216, east: -74.12544, west: -74.22655, }; historicalOverlay = new google.maps.GroundOverlay( "https://storage.googleapis.com/geo-devrel-public-buckets/newark_nj_1922-661x516.jpeg", imageBounds ); // add event listener for click event document .getElementById("restore-overlay")! .addEventListener("click", restoreOverlay); document .getElementById("remove-overlay")! .addEventListener("click", removeOverlay); // restore overlay to map restoreOverlay(); } function restoreOverlay() { historicalOverlay.setMap(map); } function removeOverlay() { historicalOverlay.setMap(null); } declare global { interface Window { initMap: () => void; } } window.initMap = initMap;
JavaScript
// This example adds a UI control allowing users to remove the // ground overlay from the map. let historicalOverlay; let map; function initMap() { map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"), { zoom: 13, center: { lat: 40.74, lng: -74.18 }, }); const imageBounds = { north: 40.773941, south: 40.712216, east: -74.12544, west: -74.22655, }; historicalOverlay = new google.maps.GroundOverlay( "https://storage.googleapis.com/geo-devrel-public-buckets/newark_nj_1922-661x516.jpeg", imageBounds, ); // add event listener for click event document .getElementById("restore-overlay") .addEventListener("click", restoreOverlay); document .getElementById("remove-overlay") .addEventListener("click", removeOverlay); // restore overlay to map restoreOverlay(); } function restoreOverlay() { historicalOverlay.setMap(map); } function removeOverlay() { historicalOverlay.setMap(null); } window.initMap = initMap;
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; } #floating-panel { position: absolute; top: 10px; left: 25%; z-index: 5; background-color: #fff; padding: 5px; border: 1px solid #999; text-align: center; font-family: "Roboto", "sans-serif"; line-height: 30px; padding-left: 10px; }
HTML
<html> <head> <title>Removing Overlays</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" /> <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script> </head> <body> <div id="floating-panel"> <input id="remove-overlay" type="button" value="Remove overlay" /> <input id="restore-overlay" type="button" value="Restore overlay" /> </div> <div id="map"></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 these instructions to install Node.js and NPM. The following commands clone, install dependencies and start the sample application.
git clone -b sample-overlay-remove https://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples.git
cd js-samples
npm i
npm start
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git checkout sample-SAMPLE_NAME
npm i
npm start