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.gitcd js-api-samplesnpm icp .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-centernpm start