functioninitMap():void{constdirectionsRenderer=newgoogle.maps.DirectionsRenderer();constdirectionsService=newgoogle.maps.DirectionsService();constmap=newgoogle.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map")asHTMLElement,{zoom:14,center:{lat:37.77,lng:-122.447},});directionsRenderer.setMap(map);calculateAndDisplayRoute(directionsService,directionsRenderer);(document.getElementById("mode")asHTMLInputElement).addEventListener("change",()=>{calculateAndDisplayRoute(directionsService,directionsRenderer);});}functioncalculateAndDisplayRoute(directionsService:google.maps.DirectionsService,directionsRenderer:google.maps.DirectionsRenderer){constselectedMode=(document.getElementById("mode")asHTMLInputElement).value;directionsService.route({origin:{lat:37.77,lng:-122.447},// Haight.destination:{lat:37.768,lng:-122.511},// Ocean Beach.// Note that Javascript allows us to access the constant// using square brackets and a string value as its// "property."travelMode:google.maps.TravelMode[selectedMode],}).then((response)=>{directionsRenderer.setDirections(response);}).catch((e)=>window.alert("Directions request failed due to "+status));}declareglobal{interfaceWindow{initMap:()=>void;}}window.initMap=initMap;
functioninitMap(){constdirectionsRenderer=newgoogle.maps.DirectionsRenderer();constdirectionsService=newgoogle.maps.DirectionsService();constmap=newgoogle.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"),{zoom:14,center:{lat:37.77,lng:-122.447},});directionsRenderer.setMap(map);calculateAndDisplayRoute(directionsService,directionsRenderer);document.getElementById("mode").addEventListener("change",()=>{calculateAndDisplayRoute(directionsService,directionsRenderer);});}functioncalculateAndDisplayRoute(directionsService,directionsRenderer){constselectedMode=document.getElementById("mode").value;directionsService.route({origin:{lat:37.77,lng:-122.447},// Haight.destination:{lat:37.768,lng:-122.511},// Ocean Beach.// Note that Javascript allows us to access the constant// using square brackets and a string value as its// "property."travelMode:google.maps.TravelMode[selectedMode],}).then((response)=>{directionsRenderer.setDirections(response);}).catch((e)=>window.alert("Directions request failed due to "+status));}window.initMap=initMap;
/** 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;}#floating-panel{position:absolute;top:10px;left:25%;z-index:5;background-color:#fff;padding:5px;border:1pxsolid#999;text-align:center;font-family:"Roboto","sans-serif";line-height:30px;padding-left:10px;}
<html>
<head>
<title>Travel Modes in Directions</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />
<script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="floating-panel">
<b>Mode of Travel: </b>
<select id="mode">
<option value="DRIVING">Driving</option>
<option value="WALKING">Walking</option>
<option value="BICYCLING">Bicycling</option>
<option value="TRANSIT">Transit</option>
</select>
</div>
<div id="map"></div>
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document has been parsed. For non-blocking uses, avoiding race conditions,
and consistent behavior across browsers, consider loading using Promises. See
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for more information.
-->
<script
src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyB41DRUbKWJHPxaFjMAwdrzWzbVKartNGg&callback=initMap&v=weekly"
defer
></script>
</body>
</html>
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both TypeScript and JavaScript, demonstrating the integration of Google Maps APIs with these languages.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["This example demonstrates the use of the `DirectionsService` object\nto fetch directions for different travel modes.\n\nRead the [documentation](/maps/documentation/javascript/directions#TravelModes). \n\nTypeScript \n\n```typescript\nfunction initMap(): void {\n const directionsRenderer = new google.maps.DirectionsRenderer();\n const directionsService = new google.maps.DirectionsService();\n const map = new google.maps.Map(\n document.getElementById(\"map\") as HTMLElement,\n {\n zoom: 14,\n center: { lat: 37.77, lng: -122.447 },\n }\n );\n\n directionsRenderer.setMap(map);\n\n calculateAndDisplayRoute(directionsService, directionsRenderer);\n (document.getElementById(\"mode\") as HTMLInputElement).addEventListener(\n \"change\",\n () =\u003e {\n calculateAndDisplayRoute(directionsService, directionsRenderer);\n }\n );\n}\n\nfunction calculateAndDisplayRoute(\n directionsService: google.maps.DirectionsService,\n directionsRenderer: google.maps.DirectionsRenderer\n) {\n const selectedMode = (document.getElementById(\"mode\") as HTMLInputElement)\n .value;\n\n directionsService\n .route({\n origin: { lat: 37.77, lng: -122.447 }, // Haight.\n destination: { lat: 37.768, lng: -122.511 }, // Ocean Beach.\n // Note that Javascript allows us to access the constant\n // using square brackets and a string value as its\n // \"property.\"\n travelMode: google.maps.TravelMode[selectedMode],\n })\n .then((response) =\u003e {\n directionsRenderer.setDirections(response);\n })\n .catch((e) =\u003e window.alert(\"Directions request failed due to \" + status));\n}\n\ndeclare global {\n interface Window {\n initMap: () =\u003e void;\n }\n}\nwindow.initMap = initMap;https://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples/blob/2683f7366fb27829401945d2a7e27d77ed2df8e5/samples/directions-travel-modes/index.ts#L8-L57\n```\n| **Note:** Read the [guide](/maps/documentation/javascript/using-typescript) on using TypeScript and Google Maps.\n\nJavaScript \n\n```javascript\nfunction initMap() {\n const directionsRenderer = new google.maps.DirectionsRenderer();\n const directionsService = new google.maps.DirectionsService();\n const map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById(\"map\"), {\n zoom: 14,\n center: { lat: 37.77, lng: -122.447 },\n });\n\n directionsRenderer.setMap(map);\n calculateAndDisplayRoute(directionsService, directionsRenderer);\n document.getElementById(\"mode\").addEventListener(\"change\", () =\u003e {\n calculateAndDisplayRoute(directionsService, directionsRenderer);\n });\n}\n\nfunction calculateAndDisplayRoute(directionsService, directionsRenderer) {\n const selectedMode = document.getElementById(\"mode\").value;\n\n directionsService\n .route({\n origin: { lat: 37.77, lng: -122.447 }, // Haight.\n destination: { lat: 37.768, lng: -122.511 }, // Ocean Beach.\n // Note that Javascript allows us to access the constant\n // using square brackets and a string value as its\n // \"property.\"\n travelMode: google.maps.TravelMode[selectedMode],\n })\n .then((response) =\u003e {\n directionsRenderer.setDirections(response);\n })\n .catch((e) =\u003e window.alert(\"Directions request failed due to \" + status));\n}\n\nwindow.initMap = initMap;https://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples/blob/2683f7366fb27829401945d2a7e27d77ed2df8e5/dist/samples/directions-travel-modes/docs/index.js#L7-L40\n```\n| **Note:** The JavaScript is compiled from the TypeScript snippet.\n\nCSS \n\n```css\n/* \n * Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div element\n * that contains the map. \n */\n#map {\n height: 100%;\n}\n\n/* \n * Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. \n */\nhtml,\nbody {\n height: 100%;\n margin: 0;\n padding: 0;\n}\n\n#floating-panel {\n position: absolute;\n top: 10px;\n left: 25%;\n z-index: 5;\n background-color: #fff;\n padding: 5px;\n border: 1px solid #999;\n text-align: center;\n font-family: \"Roboto\", \"sans-serif\";\n line-height: 30px;\n padding-left: 10px;\n}\nhttps://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples/blob/2683f7366fb27829401945d2a7e27d77ed2df8e5/dist/samples/directions-travel-modes/docs/style.css#L7-L38\n```\n\nHTML \n\n```html\n\u003chtml\u003e\n \u003chead\u003e\n \u003ctitle\u003eTravel Modes in Directions\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=\"floating-panel\"\u003e\n \u003cb\u003eMode of Travel: \u003c/b\u003e\n \u003cselect id=\"mode\"\u003e\n \u003coption value=\"DRIVING\"\u003eDriving\u003c/option\u003e\n \u003coption value=\"WALKING\"\u003eWalking\u003c/option\u003e\n \u003coption value=\"BICYCLING\"\u003eBicycling\u003c/option\u003e\n \u003coption value=\"TRANSIT\"\u003eTransit\u003c/option\u003e\n \u003c/select\u003e\n \u003c/div\u003e\n \u003cdiv id=\"map\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n \u003c!-- \n The `defer` attribute causes the script to execute after the full HTML\n document has been parsed. For non-blocking uses, avoiding race conditions,\n and consistent behavior across browsers, consider loading using Promises. See\n https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/load-maps-js-api\n for more information.\n --\u003e\n \u003cscript\n src=\"https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyB41DRUbKWJHPxaFjMAwdrzWzbVKartNGg&callback=initMap&v=weekly\"\n defer\n \u003e\u003c/script\u003e\n \u003c/body\u003e\n\u003c/html\u003ehttps://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples/blob/2683f7366fb27829401945d2a7e27d77ed2df8e5/dist/samples/directions-travel-modes/docs/index.html#L8-L39\n```\n\nTry Sample \n[JSFiddle.net](https://jsfiddle.net/gh/get/library/pure/googlemaps/js-samples/tree/master/dist/samples/directions-travel-modes/jsfiddle) [Google Cloud Shell](https://ssh.cloud.google.com/cloudshell/editor?cloudshell_git_repo=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fgooglemaps%2Fjs-samples&cloudshell_git_branch=sample-directions-travel-modes&cloudshell_tutorial=cloud_shell_instructions.md&cloudshell_workspace=.)\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 -b sample-directions-travel-modes https://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples.git\n cd js-samples\n npm i\n npm start\n\n\nOther samples can be tried by switching to any branch beginning with `sample-`\u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003eSAMPLE_NAME\u003c/var\u003e. \n\n git checkout sample-\u003cvar translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"devsite-syntax-nx\"\u003eSAMPLE_NAME\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/var\u003e\n npm i\n npm start"]]
