Overview

  • The Maps JavaScript API lets you create interactive, customizable maps for websites, incorporating 2D and 3D views, markers, and custom data.

  • Developers can leverage the Places Library for location data, style maps to their liking, and display administrative boundaries.

  • A suite of services such as Directions, Distance Matrix, and Street View, along with libraries like Drawing and Geometry, further enhance functionality.

  • Users can easily set up their projects using provided guides on Cloud project setup, API keys, loading the API, and adding maps to web pages.

  • Google provides comprehensive documentation with tutorials, examples, and resources for various features, services, and libraries.
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The Maps JavaScript API is a client-side web API that lets you create maps to show locations anywhere in the world, add your own custom graphics, animations, and interactive custom data layers, and create location-aware features by using the Places API in the Maps JavaScript API. With the Maps JavaScript API, you can:

  • Create 2D and 3D maps to show locations anywhere in the world.
  • Add customizable markers to indicate locations on a map.
  • Use the Places library to get location data for over 200 million places.
  • Customize the map's style and colors.
  • Add your own interactive custom data layers.
  • Display administrative boundaries and make them interactive.
  • Add custom 2D and 3D graphics and animated content to your maps.

What's next

Work with Maps JavaScript API services
Work with Maps JavaScript API libraries

See example code for Maps features