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This example creates a map with drawing tools enabled.
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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 -b sample-drawing-tools https://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples.git
cd js-samples
npm i
npm start
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git checkout sample-SAMPLE_NAME
npm i
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Last updated 2025-08-28 UTC.
[null,null,["Last updated 2025-08-28 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003eThis example demonstrates how to enable drawing tools on a Google Map, allowing users to draw shapes like markers, circles, polygons, polylines, and rectangles directly on the map.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe Drawing library is required and should be included when loading the Google Maps API using the \u003ccode\u003elibraries=drawing\u003c/code\u003e parameter.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe drawing tools are activated and customized using the \u003ccode\u003egoogle.maps.drawing.DrawingManager\u003c/code\u003e object, which provides options for controlling the drawing mode, appearance, and behavior of the drawn shapes.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe example provides code snippets in both TypeScript and JavaScript, showcasing how to initialize the map and drawing tools within the \u003ccode\u003einitMap\u003c/code\u003e function.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eUsers can clone and run the sample locally using Git and Node.js, or try it directly on JSFiddle or Google Cloud Shell via the provided links.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["This example creates a map with drawing tools enabled.\n\nRead the [documentation](/maps/documentation/javascript/drawinglayer#overview). \n\nTypeScript \n\n```typescript\n// This example requires the Drawing library. Include the libraries=drawing\n// parameter when you first load the API. For example:\n// \u003cscript src=\"https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=YOUR_API_KEY&libraries=drawing\"\u003e\n\nfunction initMap(): void {\n const map = new google.maps.Map(\n document.getElementById(\"map\") as HTMLElement,\n {\n center: { lat: -34.397, lng: 150.644 },\n zoom: 8,\n }\n );\n\n const drawingManager = new google.maps.drawing.DrawingManager({\n drawingMode: google.maps.drawing.OverlayType.MARKER,\n drawingControl: true,\n drawingControlOptions: {\n position: google.maps.ControlPosition.TOP_CENTER,\n drawingModes: [\n google.maps.drawing.OverlayType.MARKER,\n google.maps.drawing.OverlayType.CIRCLE,\n google.maps.drawing.OverlayType.POLYGON,\n google.maps.drawing.OverlayType.POLYLINE,\n google.maps.drawing.OverlayType.RECTANGLE,\n ],\n },\n markerOptions: {\n icon: \"https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/full/images/beachflag.png\",\n },\n circleOptions: {\n fillColor: \"#ffff00\",\n fillOpacity: 1,\n strokeWeight: 5,\n clickable: false,\n editable: true,\n zIndex: 1,\n },\n });\n\n drawingManager.setMap(map);\n}\n\ndeclare global {\n interface Window {\n initMap: () =\u003e void;\n }\n}\nwindow.initMap = initMap;https://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples/blob/2683f7366fb27829401945d2a7e27d77ed2df8e5/samples/drawing-tools/index.ts#L8-L55\n```\n| **Note:** Read the [guide](/maps/documentation/javascript/using-typescript) on using TypeScript and Google Maps.\n\nJavaScript \n\n```javascript\n// This example requires the Drawing library. Include the libraries=drawing\n// parameter when you first load the API. For example:\n// \u003cscript src=\"https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=YOUR_API_KEY&libraries=drawing\"\u003e\nfunction initMap() {\n const map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById(\"map\"), {\n center: { lat: -34.397, lng: 150.644 },\n zoom: 8,\n });\n const drawingManager = new google.maps.drawing.DrawingManager({\n drawingMode: google.maps.drawing.OverlayType.MARKER,\n drawingControl: true,\n drawingControlOptions: {\n position: google.maps.ControlPosition.TOP_CENTER,\n drawingModes: [\n google.maps.drawing.OverlayType.MARKER,\n google.maps.drawing.OverlayType.CIRCLE,\n google.maps.drawing.OverlayType.POLYGON,\n google.maps.drawing.OverlayType.POLYLINE,\n google.maps.drawing.OverlayType.RECTANGLE,\n ],\n },\n markerOptions: {\n icon: \"https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/full/images/beachflag.png\",\n },\n circleOptions: {\n fillColor: \"#ffff00\",\n fillOpacity: 1,\n strokeWeight: 5,\n clickable: false,\n editable: true,\n zIndex: 1,\n },\n });\n\n drawingManager.setMap(map);\n}\n\nwindow.initMap = initMap;https://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples/blob/2683f7366fb27829401945d2a7e27d77ed2df8e5/dist/samples/drawing-tools/docs/index.js#L7-L44\n```\n| **Note:** The JavaScript is compiled from the TypeScript snippet.\n\nCSS \n\n```css\n/* \n * Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div element\n * that contains the map. \n */\n#map {\n height: 100%;\n}\n\n/* \n * Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. \n */\nhtml,\nbody {\n height: 100%;\n margin: 0;\n padding: 0;\n}\nhttps://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples/blob/2683f7366fb27829401945d2a7e27d77ed2df8e5/dist/samples/drawing-tools/docs/style.css#L7-L24\n```\n\nHTML \n\n```html\n\u003chtml\u003e\n \u003chead\u003e\n \u003ctitle\u003eDrawing Tools\u003c/title\u003e\n\n \u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\" href=\"./style.css\" /\u003e\n \u003cscript type=\"module\" src=\"./index.js\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\n \u003c/head\u003e\n \u003cbody\u003e\n \u003cdiv id=\"map\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n \u003c!-- \n The `defer` attribute causes the script to execute after the full HTML\n document has been parsed. For non-blocking uses, avoiding race conditions,\n and consistent behavior across browsers, consider loading using Promises. See\n https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/load-maps-js-api\n for more information.\n --\u003e\n \u003cscript\n src=\"https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyB41DRUbKWJHPxaFjMAwdrzWzbVKartNGg&callback=initMap&libraries=drawing&v=weekly\"\n defer\n \u003e\u003c/script\u003e\n \u003c/body\u003e\n\u003c/html\u003ehttps://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples/blob/2683f7366fb27829401945d2a7e27d77ed2df8e5/dist/samples/drawing-tools/docs/index.html#L8-L30\n```\n\nTry Sample \n[JSFiddle.net](https://jsfiddle.net/gh/get/library/pure/googlemaps/js-samples/tree/master/dist/samples/drawing-tools/jsfiddle) [Google Cloud Shell](https://ssh.cloud.google.com/cloudshell/editor?cloudshell_git_repo=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fgooglemaps%2Fjs-samples&cloudshell_git_branch=sample-drawing-tools&cloudshell_tutorial=cloud_shell_instructions.md&cloudshell_workspace=.)\n\nClone Sample\n\n\nGit and Node.js are required to run this sample locally. Follow these [instructions](https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm) to install Node.js and NPM. The following commands clone, install dependencies and start the sample application. \n\n git clone -b sample-drawing-tools https://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples.git\n cd js-samples\n npm i\n npm start\n\n\nOther samples can be tried by switching to any branch beginning with `sample-`\u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003eSAMPLE_NAME\u003c/var\u003e. \n\n git checkout sample-\u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"devsite-syntax-nx\"\u003eSAMPLE_NAME\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/var\u003e\n npm i\n npm start"]]