3d-label-toggle

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>

    <button class="toggleButton" id="toggleButton">
      Labels are off. (SATELLITE)
    </button>
  </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;
}
.toggleButton {
  background: rgb(235, 235, 235);
  color: black;
  border: none;
  padding: 10px 20px;
  text-align: center;
  text-decoration: none;
  display: inline-block;
  font-size: 16px;
  border-radius: 4px;
  cursor: pointer;
  /* Top center avoids the default UI controls and Google attribution. */
  position: fixed;
  top: 10px;
  left: 50%;
  transform: translateX(-50%);
  z-index: 1000;
}

.toggleButton:hover {
  background-color: #007bff;
  color: white;
}

JavaScript

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

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

  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);

  // Get the button element by its ID
  const toggleButton = document.getElementById('toggleButton');
  toggleButton.addEventListener('click', () => {
    // Toggle the labels.
    if (map.mode === 'SATELLITE') {
      // Setting the map mode to HYBRID turns the labels on.
      map.mode = 'HYBRID';
      toggleButton.innerText = 'Labels are on. (HYBRID)';
    } else {
      // Setting the map mode to SATELLITE turns the labels on.
      map.mode = 'SATELLITE';
      toggleButton.innerText = 'Labels are off. (SATELLITE)';
    }
  });
}

void init();