In addition to using Maps customization, you can style your map using the Maps APIs. You can use the Maps APIs to customize the presentation of the Google base maps, changing the visual display of such elements as roads, parks, and built-up areas.
For more information about Maps customization, see Maps customization Overview.
Hint: You can use styling to prevent businesses, points of interest and other features from appearing on the map. See the sample for hiding map features with styling.
Example - Dark Mode
The following example styles the map in dark mode, using colors that are useful for situations such as giving directions at night.
function initMap() {
// Styles a map in night mode.
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
center: {lat: 40.674, lng: -73.945},
zoom: 12,
styles: [
{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'}]
}
]
});
}
<div id="map"></div>
/* 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;
}
<!-- Replace the value of the key parameter with your own API key. --> <script async defer src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyCkUOdZ5y7hMm0yrcCQoCvLwzdM6M8s5qk&callback=initMap"> </script>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Styled Maps - Night Mode</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no">
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>
/* 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;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="map"></div>
<script>
function initMap() {
// Styles a map in night mode.
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
center: {lat: 40.674, lng: -73.945},
zoom: 12,
styles: [
{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'}]
}
]
});
}
</script>
<script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=YOUR_API_KEY&callback=initMap"
async defer></script>
</body>
</html>
For a list of all available values for featureType,
elementType and stylers, see the
JSON style
reference.
Style the standard map types or create your own map type
There are two ways to apply styles to a map:
- Set the
.stylesproperty of the map'sMapOptionsobject. This approach changes the style of the standard map types. Base imagery in terrain and satellite views is not affected, but roads, labels, and other map components do respect the styling rules. See how to change the default map style. - Create a
StyledMapTypeand apply it to the map. This creates a new map type, which the user can select from the map type control. See how to create a styled map type.
Both approaches take an array of
MapTypeStyle
objects, each of which is composed of selectors
and stylers. See the section on style
syntax below.
For Google Maps Platform Premium Plan customers, the default map style has labels
turned off for map features in the poi.business category. You can
turn these labels back on by applying a custom style.
Style syntax
Styled maps use two concepts to apply colors and other style changes to a map:
- Selectors specify the geographic components that you can
style on the map. These include roads, parks, bodies of water, and
more, as well as their labels. The selectors include features
and elements, specified as
featureTypeandelementTypeproperties. - Stylers are color and visibility properties that you can apply to map elements. They define the displayed color through a combination of hue, color, and lightness/gamma values.
To style your map, combine the selectors and stylers into a style
array, and pass it to the default map's
MapOptions
object, or to the
StyledMapType
constructor. The array takes the following form:
var stylesArray = [
{
featureType: '',
elementType: '',
stylers: [
{color: ''},
{visibility: ''},
// Add any stylers you need.
]
},
{
featureType: '',
// Add the stylers you need.
}
]
For a list of all available values for featureType,
elementType and stylers, see the
JSON style
reference.
Changing the default map style
To modify the styles of the default map types, set the style array in the
map's MapOptions either at time of construction or by calling
Map.setOptions. Changes to labels and roads affect all map types
(terrain, satellite and hybrid maps as well as the default roadmap type).
See the example at the top of this page.
For a list of all available values for featureType,
elementType and stylers, see the
JSON style
reference.
Creating a styled map type
You can add a new map type to which to apply styles, by creating a
StyledMapType
and passing the selector and styler information to the constructor. This
approach does not affect the style of the default map types.
In the following example, notice the Styled Map control at the top left of the map. This is the new map type created in the example code.
function initMap() {
// Create a new StyledMapType object, passing it an array of styles,
// and the name to be displayed on the map type control.
var styledMapType = new google.maps.StyledMapType(
[
{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'}]
}
],
{name: 'Styled Map'});
// Create a map object, and include the MapTypeId to add
// to the map type control.
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
center: {lat: 55.647, lng: 37.581},
zoom: 11,
mapTypeControlOptions: {
mapTypeIds: ['roadmap', 'satellite', 'hybrid', 'terrain',
'styled_map']
}
});
//Associate the styled map with the MapTypeId and set it to display.
map.mapTypes.set('styled_map', styledMapType);
map.setMapTypeId('styled_map');
}
<div id="map"></div>
/* 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;
}
<!-- Replace the value of the key parameter with your own API key. --> <script async defer src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyCkUOdZ5y7hMm0yrcCQoCvLwzdM6M8s5qk&callback=initMap"> </script>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Styled Map Types</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no">
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>
/* 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;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="map"></div>
<script>
function initMap() {
// Create a new StyledMapType object, passing it an array of styles,
// and the name to be displayed on the map type control.
var styledMapType = new google.maps.StyledMapType(
[
{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'}]
}
],
{name: 'Styled Map'});
// Create a map object, and include the MapTypeId to add
// to the map type control.
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
center: {lat: 55.647, lng: 37.581},
zoom: 11,
mapTypeControlOptions: {
mapTypeIds: ['roadmap', 'satellite', 'hybrid', 'terrain',
'styled_map']
}
});
//Associate the styled map with the MapTypeId and set it to display.
map.mapTypes.set('styled_map', styledMapType);
map.setMapTypeId('styled_map');
}
</script>
<script async defer
src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=YOUR_API_KEY&callback=initMap">
</script>
</body>
</html>
For a list of all available values for featureType,
elementType and stylers, see the
JSON style
reference.
Maps Platform Styling Wizard
Use the Maps Platform Styling Wizard as a quick way to generate a JSON styling object.