Customizing Google Maps

Customizing Google Maps:

Do you know Google is providing an awesome feature, that you can create a totally customizable personalized Google Maps for your website based on theme colors. Today I want to explain how to customize and style Google Map from the scratch, just very few lines of code, this helps you to enrich your website design.

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Default Google Map
Just modify the Latitude and Longitude values, click here to the live demo

<script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?v=3.exp&sensor=false"></script>
<script>
var map;
var mapCoordinates = new google.maps.LatLng(Latitude_Value,Longitude_Value);

function initialize() 
{
var mapOptions = {
zoom: 8,
center: mapCoordinates,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP,
};
map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map-canvas'), mapOptions); 
}
google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);
</script>
//HTML Code
<div id="map-canvas" style="height:100%"></div>

Adding Styles
Google Map styling structure. 

styles:[
{
    "featureType": "transit.station.rail",
    "stylers": [
         { "visibility": "on" },
         { "invert_lightness": true },
         { "color": "#808080" },
         { "weight": 0.1 },
         { "saturation": 1 },
         { "lightness": 1 },
         { "gamma": 1 }
      ]
},
{
....
}
]

Customizing Google Maps
Styling the Google Map.

<script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?v=3.exp&sensor=false"></script>
<script>
var map;
var mapCoordinates = new google.maps.LatLng(13.0630171, 80.2296082);

function initialize() 
{
var mapOptions = {
backgroundColor: "#ffffff", // background color
zoom: 8, // map zoom position
disableDefaultUI: true,
draggable: false,
scrollwheel: false,
center: mapCoordinates,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP,
//----------- Styles Start----------
styles: [
{
   "featureType": "landscape.natural",
   "elementType": "geometry.fill",
   "stylers": [
   { "color": "#ffffff" }
    ]
},
{
   "featureType": "landscape.man_made",
   "stylers": [
   { "color": "#ffffff" },
   { "visibility": "off" }
   ]
},
{
   "featureType": "water",
   "stylers": [
   { "color": "#80C8E5" },  // applying map water color
   { "saturation": 0 }
   ]
},
{
   "featureType": "road.arterial",
   "elementType": "geometry",
   "stylers": [
   { "color": "#999999" }
    ]
}
,{
   "elementType": "labels.text.stroke",
   "stylers": [
   { "visibility": "off" }
  ]
}
,{
   "elementType": "labels.text",
   "stylers": [
   { "color": "#333333" }
   ]
}
,{
   "featureType": "poi",
   "stylers": [
   { "visibility": "off" }
   ]
}
]
//------------Styles End--------------
};
map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map-canvas'), mapOptions); 
}
google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);
</script>
//HTML Code
<div id="map-canvas" style="height:100%"></div>

Styled Wizard
Create Google map styles using Styled Maps Wizard. 

Add Marker
Adding custom marker icon.

<script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?v=3.exp&sensor=false"></script>
<script>
var map;
var mapCoordinates = new google.maps.LatLng(13.0630171, 80.2296082);

var markers = [];
var image = new google.maps.MarkerImage( '9lessons.png', // icon
new google.maps.Size(84,56), // icon dimensions width and height in pixels 
new google.maps.Point(0,0),
new google.maps.Point(42,56)
);

function addMarker() 
{
markers.push(new google.maps.Marker({
position: mapCoordinates,
raiseOnDrag: false,
icon: image,
map: map,
draggable: false
}));
}

function initialize() 
{
var mapOptions = {
.......
};
map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map-canvas'), mapOptions); 
addMarker(); // calling function
}
google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);
</script>
//HTML Code
<div id="map-canvas" style="height:100%"></div>