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: "AIzaSyA6myHzS10YXdcazAFalmXvDkrYCp5cLc8" 
            });
        </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>

Try Sample

Clone Sample

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 https://github.com/googlemaps-samples/js-api-samples.git
  cd samples/3d-camera-center
  npm i
  npm start