Click events

Simple click event

The following example shows how to listen for and log a click event.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Photorealistic 3D Maps in Maps JavaScript Simple Click Event</title>
    <style>
      html,
      body {
        height:100%;
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0;
      }

      gmp-map-3d {
        height: 400px;
        width: 800px;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <script>
      (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: "<YOUR_API_KEY>",
        v: "alpha",
        // Use the 'v' parameter to indicate the version to use (weekly, beta, alpha, etc.).
        // Add other bootstrap parameters as needed, using camel case.
      });
    </script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
      // Maps JS API is loaded using Dynamic Library import https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/load-maps-js-api#dynamic-library-import

      async function initMap() {
        const { Map3DElement } = await google.maps.importLibrary("maps3d");

        const map = new Map3DElement({
          center: { lat: 37.7704, lng: -122.3985, altitude: 500 },
          tilt: 67.5,
        });

      document.body.append(map);

        map.addEventListener('gmp-click', (event) => {
          console.log(event.position);
          // Do something with event.position.
        });
      }

      initMap();

    </script>
  </body>
</html>

Place click event

The following example shows how to listen for a click event on a place with a place ID.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Photorealistic 3D Maps in Maps JavaScript Simple Click Event</title>
    <style>
      html,
      body {
        height:100%;
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0;
      }

      gmp-map-3d {
        height: 400px;
        width: 800px;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <script>
      (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: "<YOUR_API_KEY>",
        v: "alpha",
        // Use the 'v' parameter to indicate the version to use (weekly, beta, alpha, etc.).
        // Add other bootstrap parameters as needed, using camel case.
      });
    </script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
      // Maps JS API is loaded using Dynamic Library import https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/load-maps-js-api#dynamic-library-import

      async function initMap() {
        const { Map3DElement } = await google.maps.importLibrary("maps3d");

        const map = new Map3DElement({
          center: { lat: 37.7704, lng: -122.3985, altitude: 500 },
          tilt: 67.5,
        });

      document.body.append(map);

        map.addEventListener('gmp-click', async (event) => {
          if (event.placeId) {
            const place = await event.fetchPlace();
            await place.fetchFields({fields: ['*']});
            // Display place details or do something else.
          }
        });
      }

      initMap();

    </script>
  </body>
</html>