asyncfunctioninit(){const{Map3DElement}=awaitgoogle.maps.importLibrary("maps3d");constmap=newMap3DElement({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.constflyToCamera={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.rounds:1});},{once:true});// Stop animation after flying around.// At any time stop the animation.map.addEventListener('gmp-click',(event)=>{map.stopCameraAnimation();});}init();
/* * 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;}
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[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-09-04 UTC."],[],[],null,["The following example shows how to control animation that moves the camera to and then around a location in Photorealistic 3D Maps in Maps JavaScript.\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\nRead the [documentation](/maps/documentation/javascript/3d/map-controls#preset_camera_paths). \n\nJavaScript \n\n```javascript\nasync function init() {\n const { Map3DElement } = await google.maps.importLibrary(\"maps3d\");\n const map = new Map3DElement({ center: { lat: 37.79810773998413, lng: -122.41784275049939, altitude: 89.08476932205978 }, range: 6062.016931506805, tilt: 81.17100663963272, heading: -56.047035719765596, });\n map.mode = \"SATELLITE\";\n document.body.append(map);\n // Used for both the fly to function and the location to fly around.\n const flyToCamera = {\n center: { lat: 21.263523536467105, lng: -157.80663691939296, altitude: 80.28936069489404 },\n range: 1500.8202963253427, tilt: 76.9173260789542, heading: -44.59196007522445,\n };\n // Fly the camera from San Francisco to Hawaii, can be controlled by a button alternatively.\n map.flyCameraTo({\n // Where we are going to.\n endCamera: flyToCamera,\n // How long we want the flight to take.\n durationMillis: 30000,\n });\n // When the animation has completed, fly around the location.\n map.addEventListener('gmp-animationend', () =\u003e {\n map.flyCameraAround({\n // Location to fly around.\n camera: flyToCamera,\n // Length of time to fly to the location.\n durationMillis: 50000,\n // Number of rotations to make in the specified time.\n rounds: 1\n });\n }, { once: true }); // Stop animation after flying around.\n // At any time stop the animation.\n map.addEventListener('gmp-click', (event) =\u003e {\n map.stopCameraAnimation();\n });\n}\ninit();https://github.com/googlemaps-samples/js-api-samples/blob/5f4e6decfaf59cd69918bbf4e6338de03a63a5ba/dist/samples/3d-camera-to-around/docs/index.js#L9-L42\n```\n| **Note:** The JavaScript is compiled from the TypeScript snippet.\n\nCSS \n\n```css\n/* * Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div element\n * that contains the map. \n */\nhtml,\nmap {\n height: 100%;\n}\nbody {\n height: 100%;\n margin: 0;\n padding: 0;\n}https://github.com/googlemaps-samples/js-api-samples/blob/5f4e6decfaf59cd69918bbf4e6338de03a63a5ba/dist/samples/3d-camera-to-around/docs/style.css#L7-L18\n```\n\nHTML \n\n```html\n\u003chtml\u003e\n \u003chead\u003e\n \u003ctitle\u003eMap\u003c/title\u003e\n\n \u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text/css\" href=\"./style.css\" /\u003e\n \u003cscript type=\"module\" src=\"./index.js\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\n \u003c/head\u003e\n \u003cbody\u003e\n \u003cdiv id=\"map\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n \u003c!-- prettier-ignore --\u003e\n \u003cscript\u003e(g=\u003e{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=()=\u003eh||(h=new Promise(async(f,n)=\u003e{await (a=m.createElement(\"script\"));e.set(\"libraries\",[...r]+\"\");for(k in g)e.set(k.replace(/[A-Z]/g,t=\u003e\"_\"+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=()=\u003eh=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)=\u003er.add(f)&&u().then(()=\u003ed[l](f,...n))})\n ({key: \"AIzaSyA6myHzS10YXdcazAFalmXvDkrYCp5cLc8\", v: \"beta\",});\u003c/script\u003e\n \u003c/body\u003e\n\u003c/html\u003ehttps://github.com/googlemaps-samples/js-api-samples/blob/5f4e6decfaf59cd69918bbf4e6338de03a63a5ba/dist/samples/3d-camera-to-around/docs/index.html#L8-L22\n```\n\nTry Sample \n[JSFiddle.net](https://jsfiddle.net/gh/get/library/pure/googlemaps-samples/js-api-samples/tree/main/dist/samples/3d-camera-to-around/jsfiddle)\n\nClone Sample\n\n\nGit and Node.js are required to run this sample locally. Follow these [instructions](https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm) to install Node.js and NPM. The following commands clone, install dependencies and start the sample application. \n\n git clone https://github.com/googlemaps-samples/js-api-samples.git\n cd samples/3d-camera-to-around\n npm i\n npm start"]]
