Camera Position

The following example demonstrates how to position the camera using the center option.

Read the documentation.

CSS

html,
body {
    height: 100%;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}

#ui-container {
    position: absolute;
    top: 20px;
    left: 20px;
    z-index: 10;
}

button {
    background: rgba(15, 23, 42, 0.75);
    backdrop-filter: blur(12px);
    -webkit-backdrop-filter: blur(12px);
    border: 1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.1);
    color: #f8fafc;
    padding: 12px 20px;
    border-radius: 8px;
    cursor: pointer;
    font-size: 0.9rem;
    font-weight: 600;
    transition: all 0.2s ease;
    box-shadow: 0 8px 32px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.37);
}

button:hover {
    background: rgba(56, 189, 248, 0.2);
    border-color: rgba(56, 189, 248, 0.4);
    transform: translateY(-1px);
}

button:active {
    transform: translateY(0);
}

HTML

<html>
    <head>
        <title>3D Camera Position</title>

        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />
        <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
        <script>
            // prettier-ignore
            (g=>{var h,a,k,p="The Google Maps JavaScript API",c="google",l="importLibrary",q="__ib__",m=document,b=window;b=b[c]||(b[c]={});var d=b.maps||(b.maps={}),r=new Set,e=new URLSearchParams,u=()=>h||(h=new Promise(async(f,n)=>{await (a=m.createElement("script"));e.set("libraries",[...r]+"");for(k in g)e.set(k.replace(/[A-Z]/g,t=>"_"+t[0].toLowerCase()),g[k]);e.set("callback",c+".maps."+q);a.src=`https://maps.${c}apis.com/maps/api/js?`+e;d[q]=f;a.onerror=()=>h=n(Error(p+" could not load."));a.nonce=m.querySelector("script[nonce]")?.nonce||"";m.head.append(a)}));d[l]?console.warn(p+" only loads once. Ignoring:",g):d[l]=(f,...n)=>r.add(f)&&u().then(()=>d[l](f,...n))})({
                key: "GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY" 
            });
        </script>
    </head>

    <body>
        <gmp-map-3d
            center="40.7860524,-73.9634983"
            range="1500"
            tilt="70"
            heading="-150"
            mode="satellite">
            <gmp-marker
                position="40.7860524,-73.9634983"
                altitude-mode="clamp-to-ground"></gmp-marker>
        </gmp-map-3d>

        <div id="ui-container">
            <button id="switch-mode-btn" type="button">
                Switch to Camera Position
            </button>
        </div>
    </body>
</html>

Clone Sample

Git and Node.js are required to run this sample locally. Follow these instructions to install Node.js and NPM. You will also need a Google Maps API key.

The following commands clone the repository, install dependencies, and copy the environment file.

  git clone https://github.com/googlemaps-samples/js-api-samples.git
  cd js-api-samples
  npm i
  cp .env.template .env

Once you copy the environment file, make sure to open the .env file and replace <Insert your own development API key here> with your actual API key before starting the sample.

  cd samples/3d-camera-center
  npm start