Change map mode

The following example shows how to change the map mode, toggling the visibility of labels.

Read the documentation.

JavaScript

let map;
async function init() {
    const { Map3DElement } = await google.maps.importLibrary('maps3d');

    map = new Map3DElement({
        center: {
            lat: 37.79810773998413,
            lng: -122.41784275049939,
            altitude: 89.08476932205978,
        },
        range: 6062.016931506805,
        tilt: 81.17100663963272,
        heading: -56.047035719765596,
    });

    map.mode = 'SATELLITE';

    document.body.append(map);

    // Get the button element by its ID
    const toggleButton = document.getElementById('toggleButton');
    toggleButton.addEventListener('click', () => {
        // Toggle the labels.
        if (map.mode === 'SATELLITE') {
            // Setting the map mode to HYBRID turns the labels on.
            map.mode = 'HYBRID';
            toggleButton.innerText = 'Labels are on. (HYBRID)';
        } else {
            // Setting the map mode to SATELLITE turns the labels on.
            map.mode = 'SATELLITE';
            toggleButton.innerText = 'Labels are off. (SATELLITE)';
        }
    });
}

void init();

CSS

/* 
 * Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div element
 * that contains the map. 
 */
html,
map {
    height: 100%;
}
body {
    height: 100%;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}
.toggleButton {
    background: rgb(235, 235, 235);
    color: black;
    border: none;
    padding: 10px 20px;
    text-align: center;
    text-decoration: none;
    display: inline-block;
    font-size: 16px;
    border-radius: 4px;
    cursor: pointer;
    position: fixed;
    bottom: 10px;
    left: 50%;
    transform: translateX(-50%);
    z-index: 1000;
}

.toggleButton:hover {
    background-color: #007bff;
    color: white;
}

HTML

<html>
    <head>
        <title>Map</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>
        <div id="map"></div>

        <button class="toggleButton" id="toggleButton">
            Labels are off. (SATELLITE)
        </button>
    </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-label-toggle
  npm start