Announcement: New basemap styling is coming soon to Google Maps Platform. This update to map styling includes a new default color palette, modernized pins, and improvements to map experiences and usability. All map styles will be automatically updated in March 2025. For more information on availability and how to opt in earlier, see New map style for Google Maps Platform.

Styled Map Selection

This example applies custom styles to a map by setting MapOptions.styles to a JSON object containing style declarations. Select an option to see some of the customizations you can apply with map styling. One of the options shows you how to hide features,in this case by removing business points of interest and public transport icons from the map.

Read the documentation.

TypeScript

let map: google.maps.Map;

function initMap(): void {
  // Create the map with no initial style specified.
  // It therefore has default styling.
  map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map") as HTMLElement, {
    center: { lat: -33.86, lng: 151.209 },
    zoom: 13,
    mapTypeControl: false,
  });

  // Add a style-selector control to the map.
  const styleControl = document.getElementById(
    "style-selector-control"
  ) as HTMLElement;

  map.controls[google.maps.ControlPosition.TOP_LEFT].push(styleControl);

  // Set the map's style to the initial value of the selector.
  const styleSelector = document.getElementById(
    "style-selector"
  ) as HTMLSelectElement;

  map.setOptions({ styles: styles[styleSelector.value] });

  // Apply new JSON when the user selects a different style.
  styleSelector.addEventListener("change", () => {
    map.setOptions({ styles: styles[styleSelector.value] });
  });
}

const styles: Record<string, google.maps.MapTypeStyle[]> = {
  default: [],
  silver: [
    {
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#f5f5f5" }],
    },
    {
      elementType: "labels.icon",
      stylers: [{ visibility: "off" }],
    },
    {
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#616161" }],
    },
    {
      elementType: "labels.text.stroke",
      stylers: [{ color: "#f5f5f5" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "administrative.land_parcel",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#bdbdbd" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "poi",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#eeeeee" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "poi",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#757575" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "poi.park",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#e5e5e5" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "poi.park",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#9e9e9e" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "road",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#ffffff" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "road.arterial",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#757575" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "road.highway",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#dadada" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "road.highway",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#616161" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "road.local",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#9e9e9e" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "transit.line",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#e5e5e5" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "transit.station",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#eeeeee" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "water",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#c9c9c9" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "water",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#9e9e9e" }],
    },
  ],

  night: [
    { elementType: "geometry", stylers: [{ color: "#242f3e" }] },
    { elementType: "labels.text.stroke", stylers: [{ color: "#242f3e" }] },
    { elementType: "labels.text.fill", stylers: [{ color: "#746855" }] },
    {
      featureType: "administrative.locality",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#d59563" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "poi",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#d59563" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "poi.park",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#263c3f" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "poi.park",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#6b9a76" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "road",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#38414e" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "road",
      elementType: "geometry.stroke",
      stylers: [{ color: "#212a37" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "road",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#9ca5b3" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "road.highway",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#746855" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "road.highway",
      elementType: "geometry.stroke",
      stylers: [{ color: "#1f2835" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "road.highway",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#f3d19c" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "transit",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#2f3948" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "transit.station",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#d59563" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "water",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#17263c" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "water",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#515c6d" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "water",
      elementType: "labels.text.stroke",
      stylers: [{ color: "#17263c" }],
    },
  ],

  retro: [
    { elementType: "geometry", stylers: [{ color: "#ebe3cd" }] },
    { elementType: "labels.text.fill", stylers: [{ color: "#523735" }] },
    { elementType: "labels.text.stroke", stylers: [{ color: "#f5f1e6" }] },
    {
      featureType: "administrative",
      elementType: "geometry.stroke",
      stylers: [{ color: "#c9b2a6" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "administrative.land_parcel",
      elementType: "geometry.stroke",
      stylers: [{ color: "#dcd2be" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "administrative.land_parcel",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#ae9e90" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "landscape.natural",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#dfd2ae" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "poi",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#dfd2ae" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "poi",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#93817c" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "poi.park",
      elementType: "geometry.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#a5b076" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "poi.park",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#447530" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "road",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#f5f1e6" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "road.arterial",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#fdfcf8" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "road.highway",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#f8c967" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "road.highway",
      elementType: "geometry.stroke",
      stylers: [{ color: "#e9bc62" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "road.highway.controlled_access",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#e98d58" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "road.highway.controlled_access",
      elementType: "geometry.stroke",
      stylers: [{ color: "#db8555" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "road.local",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#806b63" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "transit.line",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#dfd2ae" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "transit.line",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#8f7d77" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "transit.line",
      elementType: "labels.text.stroke",
      stylers: [{ color: "#ebe3cd" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "transit.station",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#dfd2ae" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "water",
      elementType: "geometry.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#b9d3c2" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "water",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#92998d" }],
    },
  ],

  hiding: [
    {
      featureType: "poi.business",
      stylers: [{ visibility: "off" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "transit",
      elementType: "labels.icon",
      stylers: [{ visibility: "off" }],
    },
  ],
};


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

JavaScript

let map;

function initMap() {
  // Create the map with no initial style specified.
  // It therefore has default styling.
  map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"), {
    center: { lat: -33.86, lng: 151.209 },
    zoom: 13,
    mapTypeControl: false,
  });

  // Add a style-selector control to the map.
  const styleControl = document.getElementById("style-selector-control");

  map.controls[google.maps.ControlPosition.TOP_LEFT].push(styleControl);

  // Set the map's style to the initial value of the selector.
  const styleSelector = document.getElementById("style-selector");

  map.setOptions({ styles: styles[styleSelector.value] });
  // Apply new JSON when the user selects a different style.
  styleSelector.addEventListener("change", () => {
    map.setOptions({ styles: styles[styleSelector.value] });
  });
}

const styles = {
  default: [],
  silver: [
    {
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#f5f5f5" }],
    },
    {
      elementType: "labels.icon",
      stylers: [{ visibility: "off" }],
    },
    {
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#616161" }],
    },
    {
      elementType: "labels.text.stroke",
      stylers: [{ color: "#f5f5f5" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "administrative.land_parcel",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#bdbdbd" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "poi",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#eeeeee" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "poi",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#757575" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "poi.park",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#e5e5e5" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "poi.park",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#9e9e9e" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "road",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#ffffff" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "road.arterial",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#757575" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "road.highway",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#dadada" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "road.highway",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#616161" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "road.local",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#9e9e9e" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "transit.line",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#e5e5e5" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "transit.station",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#eeeeee" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "water",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#c9c9c9" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "water",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#9e9e9e" }],
    },
  ],
  night: [
    { elementType: "geometry", stylers: [{ color: "#242f3e" }] },
    { elementType: "labels.text.stroke", stylers: [{ color: "#242f3e" }] },
    { elementType: "labels.text.fill", stylers: [{ color: "#746855" }] },
    {
      featureType: "administrative.locality",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#d59563" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "poi",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#d59563" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "poi.park",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#263c3f" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "poi.park",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#6b9a76" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "road",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#38414e" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "road",
      elementType: "geometry.stroke",
      stylers: [{ color: "#212a37" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "road",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#9ca5b3" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "road.highway",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#746855" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "road.highway",
      elementType: "geometry.stroke",
      stylers: [{ color: "#1f2835" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "road.highway",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#f3d19c" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "transit",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#2f3948" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "transit.station",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#d59563" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "water",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#17263c" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "water",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#515c6d" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "water",
      elementType: "labels.text.stroke",
      stylers: [{ color: "#17263c" }],
    },
  ],
  retro: [
    { elementType: "geometry", stylers: [{ color: "#ebe3cd" }] },
    { elementType: "labels.text.fill", stylers: [{ color: "#523735" }] },
    { elementType: "labels.text.stroke", stylers: [{ color: "#f5f1e6" }] },
    {
      featureType: "administrative",
      elementType: "geometry.stroke",
      stylers: [{ color: "#c9b2a6" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "administrative.land_parcel",
      elementType: "geometry.stroke",
      stylers: [{ color: "#dcd2be" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "administrative.land_parcel",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#ae9e90" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "landscape.natural",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#dfd2ae" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "poi",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#dfd2ae" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "poi",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#93817c" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "poi.park",
      elementType: "geometry.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#a5b076" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "poi.park",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#447530" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "road",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#f5f1e6" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "road.arterial",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#fdfcf8" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "road.highway",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#f8c967" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "road.highway",
      elementType: "geometry.stroke",
      stylers: [{ color: "#e9bc62" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "road.highway.controlled_access",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#e98d58" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "road.highway.controlled_access",
      elementType: "geometry.stroke",
      stylers: [{ color: "#db8555" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "road.local",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#806b63" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "transit.line",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#dfd2ae" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "transit.line",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#8f7d77" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "transit.line",
      elementType: "labels.text.stroke",
      stylers: [{ color: "#ebe3cd" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "transit.station",
      elementType: "geometry",
      stylers: [{ color: "#dfd2ae" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "water",
      elementType: "geometry.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#b9d3c2" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "water",
      elementType: "labels.text.fill",
      stylers: [{ color: "#92998d" }],
    },
  ],
  hiding: [
    {
      featureType: "poi.business",
      stylers: [{ visibility: "off" }],
    },
    {
      featureType: "transit",
      elementType: "labels.icon",
      stylers: [{ visibility: "off" }],
    },
  ],
};

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;
}

.map-control {
  background-color: #fff;
  border: 1px solid #ccc;
  box-shadow: 0 2px 2px rgba(33, 33, 33, 0.4);
  font-family: "Roboto", "sans-serif";
  margin: 10px;
  /* Hide the control initially, to prevent it from appearing
           before the map loads. */
  display: none;
}

/* Display the control once it is inside the map. */
#map .map-control {
  display: block;
}

.selector-control {
  font-size: 14px;
  line-height: 30px;
  padding-left: 5px;
  padding-right: 5px;
}
style.css

HTML

<html>
  <head>
    <title>Styled Map Selection</title>

    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />
    <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="style-selector-control" class="map-control">
      <select id="style-selector" class="selector-control">
        <option value="default">Default</option>
        <option value="silver">Silver</option>
        <option value="night">Night mode</option>
        <option value="retro" selected="selected">Retro</option>
        <option value="hiding">Hide features</option>
      </select>
    </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&v=weekly"
      defer
    ></script>
  </body>
</html>index.html

Try Sample

JSFiddle.net Google Cloud Shell

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-style-selector 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