Overlays Within Street View

This example creates a map that displays markers to denote various locations around Astor Place, New York City. It includes a toggle to switch to Street View, where the same markers are visible.

Read the documentation.

TypeScript

let panorama: google.maps.StreetViewPanorama;

function initMap(): void {
  const astorPlace = { lat: 40.729884, lng: -73.990988 };

  // Set up the map
  const map = new google.maps.Map(
    document.getElementById("map") as HTMLElement,
    {
      center: astorPlace,
      zoom: 18,
      streetViewControl: false,
    }
  );

  document
    .getElementById("toggle")!
    .addEventListener("click", toggleStreetView);

  const cafeIcon = document.createElement("img");
  cafeIcon.src = "https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/full/images/cafe_icon.svg";

  const dollarIcon = document.createElement("img");
  dollarIcon.src = "https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/full/images/bank_icon.svg";

  const busIcon = document.createElement("img");
  busIcon.src = "https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/full/images/bus_icon.svg";


  // Set up the markers on the map
  const cafeMarker = new google.maps.Marker({
    position: { lat: 40.730031, lng: -73.991428 },
    map,
    title: "Cafe",
    icon: cafeIcon.src,
  });

  const bankMarker = new google.maps.Marker({
    position: { lat: 40.729681, lng: -73.991138 },
    map,
    title: "Bank",
    icon: dollarIcon.src,
  });

  const busMarker = new google.maps.Marker({
    position: { lat: 40.729559, lng: -73.990741 },
    map,
    title: "Bus Stop",
    icon: busIcon.src,
  });

  // We get the map's default panorama and set up some defaults.
  // Note that we don't yet set it visible.
  panorama = map.getStreetView()!; // TODO fix type
  panorama.setPosition(astorPlace);
  panorama.setPov(
    /** @type {google.maps.StreetViewPov} */ {
      heading: 265,
      pitch: 0,
    }
  );
}

function toggleStreetView(): void {
  const toggle = panorama.getVisible();

  if (toggle == false) {
    panorama.setVisible(true);
  } else {
    panorama.setVisible(false);
  }
}

declare global {
  interface Window {
    initMap: () => void;
  }
}
window.initMap = initMap;
index.ts

JavaScript

let panorama;

function initMap() {
  const astorPlace = { lat: 40.729884, lng: -73.990988 };
  // Set up the map
  const map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"), {
    center: astorPlace,
    zoom: 18,
    streetViewControl: false,
  });

  document.getElementById("toggle").addEventListener("click", toggleStreetView);

  const cafeIcon = document.createElement("img");

  cafeIcon.src =
    "https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/full/images/cafe_icon.svg";

  const dollarIcon = document.createElement("img");

  dollarIcon.src =
    "https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/full/images/bank_icon.svg";

  const busIcon = document.createElement("img");

  busIcon.src =
    "https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/full/images/bus_icon.svg";

  // Set up the markers on the map
  const cafeMarker = new google.maps.Marker({
    position: { lat: 40.730031, lng: -73.991428 },
    map,
    title: "Cafe",
    icon: cafeIcon.src,
  });
  const bankMarker = new google.maps.Marker({
    position: { lat: 40.729681, lng: -73.991138 },
    map,
    title: "Bank",
    icon: dollarIcon.src,
  });
  const busMarker = new google.maps.Marker({
    position: { lat: 40.729559, lng: -73.990741 },
    map,
    title: "Bus Stop",
    icon: busIcon.src,
  });

  // We get the map's default panorama and set up some defaults.
  // Note that we don't yet set it visible.
  panorama = map.getStreetView(); // TODO fix type
  panorama.setPosition(astorPlace);
  panorama.setPov(
    /** @type {google.maps.StreetViewPov} */ {
      heading: 265,
      pitch: 0,
    },
  );
}

function toggleStreetView() {
  const toggle = panorama.getVisible();

  if (toggle == false) {
    panorama.setVisible(true);
  } else {
    panorama.setVisible(false);
  }
}

window.initMap = initMap;
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;
}

#floating-panel {
  position: absolute;
  top: 10px;
  left: 25%;
  z-index: 5;
  background-color: #fff;
  padding: 5px;
  border: 1px solid #999;
  text-align: center;
  font-family: "Roboto", "sans-serif";
  line-height: 30px;
  padding-left: 10px;
}

#floating-panel {
  margin-left: -100px;
}

style.css

HTML

<html>
  <head>
    <title>Overlays Within Street View</title>

    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />
    <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="floating-panel">
      <input type="button" value="Toggle Street View" id="toggle" />
    </div>
    <div id="map"></div>

    <!-- 
      The `defer` attribute causes the script to execute after the full HTML
      document has been parsed. For non-blocking uses, avoiding race conditions,
      and consistent behavior across browsers, consider loading using Promises. See
      https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/load-maps-js-api
      for more information.
      -->
    <script
      src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyB41DRUbKWJHPxaFjMAwdrzWzbVKartNGg&callback=initMap&libraries=marker&v=weekly"
      defer
    ></script>
  </body>
</html>
index.html

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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-streetview-overlays 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