3d-camera-to-around

Sample code supporting Google Maps Platform JavaScript API documentation. author(s): Geo Developer IX Documentation Team

HTML

<!doctype html>
<!--
 @license
 Copyright 2025 Google LLC. All Rights Reserved.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-->

<html>
  <head>
    <title>Map</title>

    <script>
      // prettier-ignore
      (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))})({
            });
    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="map"></div>
  </body>
</html>

CSS

/*
* @license
* Copyright 2025 Google LLC. All Rights Reserved.
* SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
*/

/* 
 * Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div element
 * that contains the map. 
 */
html,
map {
  height: 100%;
}
body {
  height: 100%;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

JavaScript

'use strict';
/*
 * @license
 * Copyright 2025 Google LLC. All Rights Reserved.
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 */

async function init() {
  const { Map3DElement } = await google.maps.importLibrary('maps3d');

  const map = new Map3DElement({
    center: {
      lat: 37.79810773998413,
      lng: -122.41784275049939,
      altitude: 89.08476932205978,
    },
    range: 6062.016931506805,
    tilt: 81.17100663963272,
    heading: -56.047035719765596,
  });

  map.mode = 'SATELLITE';

  document.body.append(map);

  // Used for both the fly to function and the location to fly around.
  const flyToCamera = {
    center: {
      lat: 21.263523536467105,
      lng: -157.80663691939296,
      altitude: 80.28936069489404,
    },
    range: 1500.8202963253427,
    tilt: 76.9173260789542,
    heading: -44.59196007522445,
  };

  // Fly the camera from San Francisco to Hawaii, can be controlled by a button alternatively.

  map.flyCameraTo({
    // Where we are going to.
    endCamera: flyToCamera,
    // How long we want the flight to take.
    durationMillis: 30000,
  });

  // When the animation has completed, fly around the location.
  map.addEventListener(
    'gmp-animationend',
    () => {
      map.flyCameraAround({
        // Location to fly around.
        camera: flyToCamera,
        // Length of time to fly to the location.
        durationMillis: 50000,
        // Number of rotations to make in the specified time.
        repeatCount: 1,
      });
    },
    { once: true }
  ); // Stop animation after flying around.

  // At any time stop the animation.
  map.addEventListener('gmp-click', () => {
    map.stopCameraAnimation();
  });
}

void init();