Place Photos

This rudimentary photo carousel displays photos for the specified place, including the required author attributions (shown in the upper left corner of the photo).

Read the documentation.

TypeScript

async function init() {
    const { Place } = await google.maps.importLibrary('places') as google.maps.PlacesLibrary;

    // Use a place ID to create a new Place instance.
    const place = new Place({
        id: 'ChIJydSuSkkUkFQRsqhB-cEtYnw', // Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle WA
    });

    // Call fetchFields, passing the desired data fields.
    await place.fetchFields({ fields: ['displayName', 'photos', 'editorialSummary'] });

    // Get the various HTML elements.
    let heading = document.getElementById('heading') as HTMLElement;
    let summary = document.getElementById('summary') as HTMLElement;
    let gallery = document.getElementById('gallery') as HTMLElement;
    let expandedImageDiv = document.getElementById('expanded-image') as HTMLElement;
    let attributionLabel;

    // Show the display name and summary for the place.
    heading.textContent = place.displayName as string;
    summary.textContent = place.editorialSummary as string;

    // Add photos to the gallery.
    if (place.photos) {
        place.photos?.forEach((photo) => {
            const img = document.createElement('img');
            const expandedImage = document.createElement('img');
            img.src = photo.getURI({maxHeight: 380});
            img.addEventListener('click', (event) => {
                event.preventDefault();
                expandedImage.src = img.src;
                expandedImageDiv.innerHTML = '';
                expandedImageDiv.appendChild(expandedImage);
                attributionLabel = createAttribution(photo.authorAttributions);
                expandedImageDiv.appendChild(attributionLabel);
            });

            gallery.appendChild(img);
        });
    }

    // Display the first photo.
    const img = document.createElement('img');
    img.src = place.photos![0].getURI();
    expandedImageDiv.appendChild(img);
    attributionLabel = createAttribution(place.photos![0].authorAttributions);
    expandedImageDiv.appendChild(attributionLabel);

    // Helper function to create attribution DIV.
    function createAttribution(attribution) {
        attributionLabel = document.createElement("a");
        attributionLabel.classList.add('attribution-label');
        attributionLabel.textContent = attribution[0].displayName;
        attributionLabel.href = attribution[0].uri;
        attributionLabel.target = '_blank;'
        return attributionLabel;
    }
}

init();
index.ts

JavaScript

async function init() {
  const { Place } = await google.maps.importLibrary("places");
  // Use a place ID to create a new Place instance.
  const place = new Place({
    id: "ChIJydSuSkkUkFQRsqhB-cEtYnw", // Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle WA
  });

  // Call fetchFields, passing the desired data fields.
  await place.fetchFields({
    fields: ["displayName", "photos", "editorialSummary"],
  });

  // Get the various HTML elements.
  let heading = document.getElementById("heading");
  let summary = document.getElementById("summary");
  let gallery = document.getElementById("gallery");
  let expandedImageDiv = document.getElementById("expanded-image");
  let attributionLabel;

  // Show the display name and summary for the place.
  heading.textContent = place.displayName;
  summary.textContent = place.editorialSummary;
  // Add photos to the gallery.
  if (place.photos) {
    place.photos?.forEach((photo) => {
      const img = document.createElement("img");
      const expandedImage = document.createElement("img");

      img.src = photo.getURI({ maxHeight: 380 });
      img.addEventListener("click", (event) => {
        event.preventDefault();
        expandedImage.src = img.src;
        expandedImageDiv.innerHTML = "";
        expandedImageDiv.appendChild(expandedImage);
        attributionLabel = createAttribution(photo.authorAttributions);
        expandedImageDiv.appendChild(attributionLabel);
      });
      gallery.appendChild(img);
    });
  }

  // Display the first photo.
  const img = document.createElement("img");

  img.src = place.photos[0].getURI();
  expandedImageDiv.appendChild(img);
  attributionLabel = createAttribution(place.photos[0].authorAttributions);
  expandedImageDiv.appendChild(attributionLabel);

  // Helper function to create attribution DIV.
  function createAttribution(attribution) {
    attributionLabel = document.createElement("a");
    attributionLabel.classList.add("attribution-label");
    attributionLabel.textContent = attribution[0].displayName;
    attributionLabel.href = attribution[0].uri;
    attributionLabel.target = "_blank;";
    return attributionLabel;
  }
}

init();
index.js

CSS

/* 
 * Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div element
 * that contains the map. 
 */
#map {
  height: 100%;
}

/* 
 * Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. 
 */
html,
body {
  height: 100%;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

#container {
  display: flex;
  padding: 10px;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}

.place-overview {
  width: 400px;
  height: 380px;
  overflow-x: auto;
  position: relative;
  margin-right: 20px;
}

#info {
  font-family: sans-serif;
  position: sticky;
  position: -webkit-sticky;
  left: 0;
  padding-bottom: 10px;
}

#heading {
  width: 500px;
  font-size: x-large;
  margin-bottom: 20px;
}

#summary {
  width: 500px;
}

#gallery {
  display: flex;
}

#gallery img {
  width: 200px;
  height: 200px;
  margin-right: 10px;
  margin-top: 40px;
  border-radius: 10px;
  cursor: pointer;
}

#expanded-image {
  display: flex;
  height: 380px;
  overflow: hidden;
  background-color: #000;
}

#expanded-image img {
  width: 100%;
  height: auto;
  object-fit: contain;
}

.attribution-label {
  background-color: #fff;
  opacity: 0.7;
  font-size: 10px;
  font-family: sans-serif;
  margin: 2px;
  position: absolute;
}

style.css

HTML

<html>
  <head>
    <title>Place Photos</title>

    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />
    <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="container">
      <div class="place-overview">
        <div id="info">
          <div id="heading"></div>
          <div id="summary"></div>
        </div>
        <div id="gallery"></div>
      </div>
      <div id="expanded-image"></div>
    </div>

    <!-- prettier-ignore -->
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        ({key: "AIzaSyB41DRUbKWJHPxaFjMAwdrzWzbVKartNGg", v: "weekly"});</script>
  </body>
</html>
index.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 -b sample-place-photos https://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples.git
  cd js-samples
  npm i
  npm start

Other samples can be tried by switching to any branch beginning with sample-SAMPLE_NAME. 

  git checkout sample-SAMPLE_NAME
  npm i
  npm start

Use the Place Overview component

The Place Overview component displays detailed information about millions of businesses, including opening hours, star reviews, and photos, plus directions and other actions in a premade UI in 5 sizes and formats. It is part of the Extended Component Library, from Google Maps Platform, a set of web components that helps developers build better maps and location features faster.

Use the Place Overview configurator to create embeddable code for a custom Place Overview component, then export it to be used with popular frameworks like React and Angular or no framework at all.