Introducing Places UI Kit :A ready-to-use, low-cost component library that lets you bring the familiar Google Maps UI for Places to any map of your choice. Try it out, and share your input to help shape the future of GMP!

Make places clickable

The following example demonstrates how to show a popover containing place information when a place is clicked.

JavaScript

 let 
  
 map3DElement 
  
 = 
  
 null 
 ; 
 async 
  
 function 
  
 init 
 () 
  
 { 
  
 const 
  
 { 
  
 Map3DElement 
  
 } 
  
 = 
  
 await 
  
 google 
 . 
 maps 
 . 
 importLibrary 
 ( 
 "maps3d" 
 ); 
  
 { 
  
 } 
  
 map3DElement 
  
 = 
  
 new 
  
 Map3DElement 
 ({ 
  
 center 
 : 
  
 { 
  
 lat 
 : 
  
 51.532 
 , 
  
 lng 
 : 
  
 - 
 0.124 
 , 
  
 altitude 
 : 
  
 30 
  
 }, 
  
 range 
 : 
  
 1400 
 , 
  
 tilt 
 : 
  
 64 
 , 
  
 heading 
 : 
  
 - 
 5 
 , 
  
 mode 
 : 
  
 'HYBRID' 
  
 }); 
  
 document 
 . 
 body 
 . 
 append 
 ( 
 map3DElement 
 ); 
  
 map3DElement 
 . 
 addEventListener 
 ( 
 'gmp-click' 
 , 
  
 async 
  
 ( 
 event 
 ) 
  
 = 
>  
 { 
  
 event 
 . 
 preventDefault 
 (); 
  
 if 
  
 ( 
 event 
 . 
 placeId 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 const 
  
 place 
  
 = 
  
 await 
  
 event 
 . 
 fetchPlace 
 (); 
  
 await 
  
 place 
 . 
 fetchFields 
 ({ 
  
 fields 
 : 
  
 [ 
 '*' 
 ] 
  
 }); 
  
 // Display place details. 
  
 document 
 . 
 getElementById 
 ( 
 "placeName" 
 ). 
 innerHTML 
  
 = 
  
 "<b>Name :</b><br>&nbsp;" 
  
 + 
  
 place 
 . 
 displayName 
 ; 
  
 document 
 . 
 getElementById 
 ( 
 "placeId" 
 ). 
 innerHTML 
  
 = 
  
 "<b>Id :</b><br>&nbsp;" 
  
 + 
  
 place 
 . 
 id 
 ; 
  
 document 
 . 
 getElementById 
 ( 
 "placeType" 
 ). 
 innerHTML 
  
 = 
  
 "<b>Types :<b/>" 
 ; 
  
 for 
  
 ( 
 const 
  
 type 
  
 of 
  
 place 
 . 
 types 
 ) 
  
 { 
  
 document 
 . 
 getElementById 
 ( 
 "placeType" 
 ). 
 innerHTML 
  
 += 
  
 "<br>&nbsp;" 
  
 + 
  
 type 
 ; 
  
 } 
  
 document 
 . 
 getElementById 
 ( 
 "details" 
 ). 
 style 
 . 
 display 
  
 = 
  
 "block" 
 ; 
  
 } 
  
 }); 
 } 
 init 
 (); 
   index 
 . 
 js

CSS

 /* * Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div element 
 * that contains the map. 
 */ 
 html 
 , 
 body 
  
 { 
  
 height 
 : 
  
 100 
 % 
 ; 
  
 margin 
 : 
  
 0 
 ; 
  
 padding 
 : 
  
 0 
 ; 
  
 font-family 
 : 
  
 "Centra No2" 
 , 
  
 - 
 apple-system 
 , 
  
 BlinkMacSystemFont 
 , 
  
 "Segoe UI" 
 , 
  
 Roboto 
 , 
  
 "Helvetica Neue" 
 , 
  
 Arial 
 , 
  
 sans-serif 
 ; 
  
 font-size 
 : 
  
 0.9 
 em 
 ; 
 } 
 . 
 textContainer 
  
 { 
  
 background-color 
 : 
  
 #4d90fe 
 ; 
  
 margin 
 : 
  
 10 
 px 
 ; 
  
 overflow 
 : 
  
 hidden 
 ; 
  
 position 
 : 
  
 absolute 
 ; 
  
 left 
 : 
  
 50 
 % 
 ; 
  
 top 
 : 
  
 10 
 px 
 ; 
  
 border 
 : 
  
 1 
 px 
  
 solid 
  
 white 
 ; 
  
 border-radius 
 : 
  
 10 
 px 
 ; 
  
 padding 
 : 
  
 5 
 px 
 ; 
  
 z-index 
 : 
  
 1000 
 ; 
  
 color 
 : 
  
 white 
 ; 
 } 
 . 
 detailsContainer 
  
 { 
  
 background-color 
 : 
  
 #000000 
 78 
 ; 
  
 margin 
 : 
  
 10 
 px 
 ; 
  
 overflow 
 : 
  
 hidden 
 ; 
  
 position 
 : 
  
 absolute 
 ; 
  
 top 
 : 
  
 100 
 px 
 ; 
  
 left 
  
 : 
  
 10 
 px 
 ; 
  
 padding 
 : 
  
 10 
 px 
 ; 
  
 z-index 
 : 
  
 1000 
 ; 
  
 display 
 : 
 none 
 ; 
  
 color 
 : 
  
 white 
 ; 
  
 border-radius 
 : 
  
 15 
 px 
 ; 
 } 
   style 
 . 
 css

HTML

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

    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />
    <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="map"></div>

    <!-- 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>
    <div id="details" class="detailsContainer">
        <div id="placeName"></div>
        <div id="placeId"></div>
        <div id="placeType"></div>
    </div>    
    <div class="textContainer">
        <div class="text">Click on a place to get details.</div>
    </div> 
  </body>
</html>  index.html

Try Sample

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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 
 / 
 3 
 d 
 - 
 places 
 
  
  npm 
  
 i 
 
  
  npm 
  
 start