Search for boundaries by name or Place ID

This sample demonstrates how to search for administrative boundaries by name or place ID.

Read the documentation .

TypeScript

 let 
  
 innerMap 
 ; 
 let 
  
 featureLayer 
 ; 
 let 
  
 center 
 ; 
 async 
  
 function 
  
 initMap 
 () 
  
 { 
  
 // Load the needed libraries. 
  
 ( 
 await 
  
 google 
 . 
 maps 
 . 
 importLibrary 
 ( 
 'maps' 
 )) 
  
 as 
  
 google 
 . 
 maps 
 . 
 MapsLibrary 
 ; 
  
 center 
  
 = 
  
 { 
  
 lat 
 : 
  
 41.059 
 , 
  
 lng 
 : 
  
 - 
 124.151 
  
 }; 
  
 // Trinidad, CA 
  
 // Get the gmp-map element. 
  
 const 
  
 mapElement 
  
 = 
  
 document 
 . 
 querySelector 
 ( 
  
 'gmp-map' 
  
 ) 
  
 as 
  
 google 
 . 
 maps 
 . 
 MapElement 
 ; 
  
 // Get the inner map. 
  
 innerMap 
  
 = 
  
 mapElement 
 . 
 innerMap 
 ; 
  
 // Get the LOCALITY feature layer. 
  
 featureLayer 
  
 = 
  
 innerMap 
 . 
 getFeatureLayer 
 ( 
 google 
 . 
 maps 
 . 
 FeatureType 
 . 
 LOCALITY 
 ); 
  
 findBoundary 
 (); 
 } 
 async 
  
 function 
  
 findBoundary 
 () 
  
 { 
  
 const 
  
 request 
  
 = 
  
 { 
  
 textQuery 
 : 
  
 'Trinidad, CA' 
 , 
  
 fields 
 : 
  
 [ 
 'id' 
 , 
  
 'location' 
 ], 
  
 includedType 
 : 
  
 'locality' 
 , 
  
 locationBias 
 : 
  
 center 
 , 
  
 }; 
  
 const 
  
 { 
  
 Place 
  
 } 
  
 = 
  
 ( 
 await 
  
 google 
 . 
 maps 
 . 
 importLibrary 
 ( 
  
 'places' 
  
 )) 
  
 as 
  
 google 
 . 
 maps 
 . 
 PlacesLibrary 
 ; 
  
 const 
  
 { 
  
 places 
  
 } 
  
 = 
  
 await 
  
 Place 
 . 
 searchByText 
 ( 
 request 
 ); 
  
 if 
  
 ( 
 places 
 . 
 length 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 const 
  
 place 
  
 = 
  
 places 
 [ 
 0 
 ]; 
  
 styleBoundary 
 ( 
 place 
 . 
 id 
 ); 
  
 innerMap 
 . 
 setCenter 
 ( 
 place 
 . 
 location 
 ); 
  
 } 
  
 else 
  
 { 
  
 console 
 . 
 log 
 ( 
 'No results' 
 ); 
  
 } 
 } 
 function 
  
 styleBoundary 
 ( 
 placeid 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 // Define a style of transparent purple with opaque stroke. 
  
 const 
  
 styleFill 
  
 = 
  
 { 
  
 strokeColor 
 : 
  
 '#810FCB' 
 , 
  
 strokeOpacity 
 : 
  
 1.0 
 , 
  
 strokeWeight 
 : 
  
 3.0 
 , 
  
 fillColor 
 : 
  
 '#810FCB' 
 , 
  
 fillOpacity 
 : 
  
 0.5 
 , 
  
 }; 
  
 // Define the feature style function. 
  
 featureLayer 
 . 
 style 
  
 = 
  
 ( 
 params 
 ) 
  
 = 
>  
 { 
  
 if 
  
 ( 
 params 
 . 
 feature 
 . 
 placeId 
  
 == 
  
 placeid 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 return 
  
 styleFill 
 ; 
  
 } 
  
 }; 
 } 
 initMap 
 (); 
  

JavaScript

 let 
  
 innerMap 
 ; 
 let 
  
 featureLayer 
 ; 
 let 
  
 center 
 ; 
 async 
  
 function 
  
 initMap 
 () 
  
 { 
  
 // Load the needed libraries. 
  
 ( 
 await 
  
 google 
 . 
 maps 
 . 
 importLibrary 
 ( 
 'maps' 
 )); 
  
 center 
  
 = 
  
 { 
  
 lat 
 : 
  
 41.059 
 , 
  
 lng 
 : 
  
 - 
 124.151 
  
 }; 
  
 // Trinidad, CA 
  
 // Get the gmp-map element. 
  
 const 
  
 mapElement 
  
 = 
  
 document 
 . 
 querySelector 
 ( 
 'gmp-map' 
 ); 
  
 // Get the inner map. 
  
 innerMap 
  
 = 
  
 mapElement 
 . 
 innerMap 
 ; 
  
 // Get the LOCALITY feature layer. 
  
 featureLayer 
  
 = 
  
 innerMap 
 . 
 getFeatureLayer 
 ( 
 google 
 . 
 maps 
 . 
 FeatureType 
 . 
 LOCALITY 
 ); 
  
 findBoundary 
 (); 
 } 
 async 
  
 function 
  
 findBoundary 
 () 
  
 { 
  
 const 
  
 request 
  
 = 
  
 { 
  
 textQuery 
 : 
  
 'Trinidad, CA' 
 , 
  
 fields 
 : 
  
 [ 
 'id' 
 , 
  
 'location' 
 ], 
  
 includedType 
 : 
  
 'locality' 
 , 
  
 locationBias 
 : 
  
 center 
 , 
  
 }; 
  
 const 
  
 { 
  
 Place 
  
 } 
  
 = 
  
 ( 
 await 
  
 google 
 . 
 maps 
 . 
 importLibrary 
 ( 
 'places' 
 )); 
  
 const 
  
 { 
  
 places 
  
 } 
  
 = 
  
 await 
  
 Place 
 . 
 searchByText 
 ( 
 request 
 ); 
  
 if 
  
 ( 
 places 
 . 
 length 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 const 
  
 place 
  
 = 
  
 places 
 [ 
 0 
 ]; 
  
 styleBoundary 
 ( 
 place 
 . 
 id 
 ); 
  
 innerMap 
 . 
 setCenter 
 ( 
 place 
 . 
 location 
 ); 
  
 } 
  
 else 
  
 { 
  
 console 
 . 
 log 
 ( 
 'No results' 
 ); 
  
 } 
 } 
 function 
  
 styleBoundary 
 ( 
 placeid 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 // Define a style of transparent purple with opaque stroke. 
  
 const 
  
 styleFill 
  
 = 
  
 { 
  
 strokeColor 
 : 
  
 '#810FCB' 
 , 
  
 strokeOpacity 
 : 
  
 1.0 
 , 
  
 strokeWeight 
 : 
  
 3.0 
 , 
  
 fillColor 
 : 
  
 '#810FCB' 
 , 
  
 fillOpacity 
 : 
  
 0.5 
 , 
  
 }; 
  
 // Define the feature style function. 
  
 featureLayer 
 . 
 style 
  
 = 
  
 ( 
 params 
 ) 
  
 = 
>  
 { 
  
 if 
  
 ( 
 params 
 . 
 feature 
 . 
 placeId 
  
 == 
  
 placeid 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 return 
  
 styleFill 
 ; 
  
 } 
  
 }; 
 } 
 initMap 
 (); 
  

CSS

 /* 
 * Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div element 
 * that contains the map. 
 */ 
 gmp-map 
  
 { 
  
 height 
 : 
  
 100 
 % 
 ; 
 } 
 /* 
 * Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. 
 */ 
 html 
 , 
 body 
  
 { 
  
 height 
 : 
  
 100 
 % 
 ; 
  
 margin 
 : 
  
 0 
 ; 
  
 padding 
 : 
  
 0 
 ; 
 } 
  

HTML

<html>
    <head>
        <title>Boundaries Text Search</title>

        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />
        <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
        <!-- 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: "AIzaSyA6myHzS10YXdcazAFalmXvDkrYCp5cLc8", v: "beta" });</script>
    </head>
    <body>
        <gmp-map
            center="41.059,-124.151"
            zoom="15"
            map-id="8b37d7206ccf0121d4414bb0"></gmp-map>
    </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 
  
 https 
 : 
 //github.com/googlemaps-samples/js-api-samples.git 
 
  
  cd 
  
 samples 
 / 
 boundaries 
 - 
 text 
 - 
 search 
 
  
  npm 
  
 i 
 
  
  npm 
  
 start 
 
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