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This example creates a map that's centered on Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
TypeScriptlet map: google.maps.Map; async function initMap(): Promise<void> { const { Map } = await google.maps.importLibrary("maps") as google.maps.MapsLibrary; map = new Map(document.getElementById("map") as HTMLElement, { center: { lat: -34.397, lng: 150.644 }, zoom: 8, }); } initMap();Note: Read the guide on using TypeScript and Google Maps. JavaScript
let map; async function initMap() { const { Map } = await google.maps.importLibrary("maps"); map = new Map(document.getElementById("map"), { center: { lat: -34.397, lng: 150.644 }, zoom: 8, }); } initMap();Note: The JavaScript is compiled from the TypeScript snippet. 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; }HTML
<html> <head> <title>Simple Map</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" /> <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script> </head> <body> <div id="map"></div> <!-- prettier-ignore --> <script>(g=>{var h,a,k,p="The Google Maps JavaScript API",c="google",l="importLibrary",q="__ib__",m=document,b=window;b=b[c]||(b[c]={});var d=b.maps||(b.maps={}),r=new Set,e=new URLSearchParams,u=()=>h||(h=new Promise(async(f,n)=>{await (a=m.createElement("script"));e.set("libraries",[...r]+"");for(k in g)e.set(k.replace(/[A-Z]/g,t=>"_"+t[0].toLowerCase()),g[k]);e.set("callback",c+".maps."+q);a.src=`https://maps.${c}apis.com/maps/api/js?`+e;d[q]=f;a.onerror=()=>h=n(Error(p+" could not load."));a.nonce=m.querySelector("script[nonce]")?.nonce||"";m.head.append(a)}));d[l]?console.warn(p+" only loads once. Ignoring:",g):d[l]=(f,...n)=>r.add(f)&&u().then(()=>d[l](f,...n))}) ({key: "AIzaSyB41DRUbKWJHPxaFjMAwdrzWzbVKartNGg", v: "weekly"});</script> </body> </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-map-simple https://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples.git
cd js-samples
npm i
npm start
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git checkout sample-SAMPLE_NAME
npm i
npm start
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Last updated 2025-07-09 UTC.
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