Rectangle on the map

Display a map highlighting a retangular region or area

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://js.api.here.com/v3/3.0/mapsjs-ui.css">
<!-- SCRIPTS -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://js.api.here.com/v3/3.0/mapsjs-core.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://js.api.here.com/v3/3.0/mapsjs-service.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://js.api.here.com/v3/3.0/mapsjs-ui.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://js.api.here.com/v3/3.0/mapsjs-mapevents.js"></script>

<!-- BODY -->
<h1>Rectangle on the map</h1>
<p>This example shows a rectangle covering part of <b>Western Europe</b> displayed on a moveable map.</p>
<hr/>
<div id="map" style="width: 600px; height: 400px; background: grey"></div>

CSS

code, h1, h2, h3{
  color: #124191;
  letter-spacing: -0.03em;
}
body {
  font-family:"Lucida Grande",Tahoma,sans-serif;
  color: rgb(102, 102, 102);
  font-size: 80%;
}
b, strong {
  color: black;
}
code {
  font-weight: 700;
  font-size: 120%;
}

JavaScript

/**
 * Adds a rectangle to the map
 *
 * @param  {H.Map} map      A HERE Map instance within the application
 */
function addRectangleToMap(map) {
  var boundingBox = new H.geo.Rect(53.1, 13.1, 43.1, 40.1);
  map.addObject(
    new H.map.Rect(boundingBox, {
      style: {
        fillColor: '#FFFFCC',
        strokeColor: '#E8FA75',
        lineWidth: 8
      },
    })
  );
}



/**
 * Boilerplate map initialization code starts below:
 */

//Step 1: initialize communication with the platform
var platform = new H.service.Platform({
  app_id: 'DemoAppId01082013GAL',
    app_code: 'AJKnXv84fjrb0KIHawS0Tg',
    useCIT: true,
    useHTTPS: true
});
var defaultLayers = platform.createDefaultLayers();

//Step 2: initialize a map - this map is centered over Europe
var map = new H.Map(document.getElementById('map'),
  defaultLayers.normal.map,{
  center: {lat: 53.1, lng: 13.1},
  zoom: 3
});

//Step 3: make the map interactive
// MapEvents enables the event system
// Behavior implements default interactions for pan/zoom (also on mobile touch environments)
var behavior = new H.mapevents.Behavior(new H.mapevents.MapEvents(map));

// Now use the map as required...
addRectangleToMap(map);

$('head').append('<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://js.api.here.com/v3/3.0/mapsjs-ui.css" type="text/css" />');