Custom Map Projections

Sample code for Google Maps Platform JavaScript API author(s): Justin Poehnelt

HTML

<!doctype html>
<!--
 @license
 Copyright 2019 Google LLC. All Rights Reserved.
 SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-->
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Custom Map Projections</title>

    <!-- jsFiddle will insert css and js -->
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="map"></div>
    <div id="coords"></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&v=weekly"
      defer
    ></script>
  </body>
</html>

CSS

/**
 * @license
 * Copyright 2019 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. 
 */
#map {
  height: 100%;
}

/* 
 * Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. 
 */
html,
body {
  height: 100%;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

#coords {
  background-color: black;
  color: white;
  padding: 5px;
}

JavaScript

/**
 * @license
 * Copyright 2019 Google LLC. All Rights Reserved.
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 */
// This example defines an image map type using the Gall-Peters
// projection.
// https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gall%E2%80%93Peters_projection
function initMap() {
  // Create a map. Use the Gall-Peters map type.
  const map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"), {
    zoom: 0,
    center: { lat: 0, lng: 0 },
    mapTypeControl: false,
  });

  initGallPeters();
  map.mapTypes.set("gallPeters", gallPetersMapType);
  map.setMapTypeId("gallPeters");

  // Show the lat and lng under the mouse cursor.
  const coordsDiv = document.getElementById("coords");

  map.controls[google.maps.ControlPosition.TOP_CENTER].push(coordsDiv);
  map.addListener("mousemove", (event) => {
    coordsDiv.textContent =
      "lat: " +
      Math.round(event.latLng.lat()) +
      ", " +
      "lng: " +
      Math.round(event.latLng.lng());
  });
  // Add some markers to the map.
  map.data.setStyle((feature) => {
    return {
      title: feature.getProperty("name"),
      optimized: false,
    };
  });
  map.data.addGeoJson(cities);
}

let gallPetersMapType;

function initGallPeters() {
  const GALL_PETERS_RANGE_X = 800;
  const GALL_PETERS_RANGE_Y = 512;

  // Fetch Gall-Peters tiles stored locally on our server.
  gallPetersMapType = new google.maps.ImageMapType({
    getTileUrl: function (coord, zoom) {
      const scale = 1 << zoom;
      // Wrap tiles horizontally.
      const x = ((coord.x % scale) + scale) % scale;
      // Don't wrap tiles vertically.
      const y = coord.y;

      if (y < 0 || y >= scale) return "";
      return (
        "https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/" +
        "javascript/examples/full/images/gall-peters_" +
        zoom +
        "_" +
        x +
        "_" +
        y +
        ".png"
      );
    },
    tileSize: new google.maps.Size(GALL_PETERS_RANGE_X, GALL_PETERS_RANGE_Y),
    minZoom: 0,
    maxZoom: 1,
   ...