// This example requires the Drawing library. Include the libraries=drawing// parameter when you first load the API. For example:// <script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=YOUR_API_KEY&libraries=drawing">functioninitMap():void{constmap=newgoogle.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map")asHTMLElement,{center:{lat:-34.397,lng:150.644},zoom:8,});constdrawingManager=newgoogle.maps.drawing.DrawingManager({drawingMode:google.maps.drawing.OverlayType.MARKER,drawingControl:true,drawingControlOptions:{position:google.maps.ControlPosition.TOP_CENTER,drawingModes:[google.maps.drawing.OverlayType.MARKER,google.maps.drawing.OverlayType.CIRCLE,google.maps.drawing.OverlayType.POLYGON,google.maps.drawing.OverlayType.POLYLINE,google.maps.drawing.OverlayType.RECTANGLE,],},markerOptions:{icon:"https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/full/images/beachflag.png",},circleOptions:{fillColor:"#ffff00",fillOpacity:1,strokeWeight:5,clickable:false,editable:true,zIndex:1,},});drawingManager.setMap(map);}declareglobal{interfaceWindow{initMap:()=>void;}}window.initMap=initMap;
// This example requires the Drawing library. Include the libraries=drawing// parameter when you first load the API. For example:// <script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=YOUR_API_KEY&libraries=drawing">functioninitMap(){constmap=newgoogle.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"),{center:{lat:-34.397,lng:150.644},zoom:8,});constdrawingManager=newgoogle.maps.drawing.DrawingManager({drawingMode:google.maps.drawing.OverlayType.MARKER,drawingControl:true,drawingControlOptions:{position:google.maps.ControlPosition.TOP_CENTER,drawingModes:[google.maps.drawing.OverlayType.MARKER,google.maps.drawing.OverlayType.CIRCLE,google.maps.drawing.OverlayType.POLYGON,google.maps.drawing.OverlayType.POLYLINE,google.maps.drawing.OverlayType.RECTANGLE,],},markerOptions:{icon:"https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/examples/full/images/beachflag.png",},circleOptions:{fillColor:"#ffff00",fillOpacity:1,strokeWeight:5,clickable:false,editable:true,zIndex:1,},});drawingManager.setMap(map);}window.initMap=initMap;
/* * 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;}
<html> <head> <title>Drawing Tools</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" /> <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script> </head> <body> <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=drawing&v=weekly" defer ></script> </body> </html>
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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"]]
