// This example displays a map with the language set to Arabic and the// regions set to Egypt. These settings are specified in the HTML script// element when loading the Google Maps JavaScript API.// Setting the language shows the map in the language of your choice.// Setting the region biases the geocoding results to that region.// In addition, the page's html element sets the text direction to// right-to-left.functioninitMap():void{constcairo={lat:30.064742,lng:31.249509};constmap=newgoogle.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map")asHTMLElement,{scaleControl:true,center:cairo,zoom:10,});constinfowindow=newgoogle.maps.InfoWindow();infowindow.setContent("<b>القاهرة</b>");constmarker=newgoogle.maps.Marker({map,position:cairo});marker.addListener("click",()=>{infowindow.open(map,marker);});}declareglobal{interfaceWindow{initMap:()=>void;}}window.initMap=initMap;
// This example displays a map with the language set to Arabic and the// regions set to Egypt. These settings are specified in the HTML script// element when loading the Google Maps JavaScript API.// Setting the language shows the map in the language of your choice.// Setting the region biases the geocoding results to that region.// In addition, the page's html element sets the text direction to// right-to-left.functioninitMap(){constcairo={lat:30.064742,lng:31.249509};constmap=newgoogle.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"),{scaleControl:true,center:cairo,zoom:10,});constinfowindow=newgoogle.maps.InfoWindow();infowindow.setContent("<b>القاهرة</b>");constmarker=newgoogle.maps.Marker({map,position:cairo});marker.addListener("click",()=>{infowindow.open(map,marker);});}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;}
<html dir="rtl">
<head>
<title>Right-to-Left Languages</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />
<script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="map"></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&language=ar®ion=EG"
defer
></script>
</body>
</html>
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It initializes a map centered on Cairo with a zoom level of 10. A marker is placed at Cairo's coordinates, and clicking it opens an info window displaying \"القاهرة\". The HTML sets the text direction to right-to-left, and the Google Maps API script is loaded with `language=ar` and `region=EG` parameters to show the map in Arabic, specific to Egypt. The map's display is controlled using CSS.\n"],null,["This example creates a map that renders a map of Cairo, Egypt in Arabic.\n\nRead the [documentation](/maps/documentation/javascript/localization). \n\nTypeScript \n\n```typescript\n// This example displays a map with the language set to Arabic and the\n// regions set to Egypt. These settings are specified in the HTML script\n// element when loading the Google Maps JavaScript API.\n// Setting the language shows the map in the language of your choice.\n// Setting the region biases the geocoding results to that region.\n// In addition, the page's html element sets the text direction to\n// right-to-left.\nfunction initMap(): void {\n const cairo = { lat: 30.064742, lng: 31.249509 };\n\n const map = new google.maps.Map(\n document.getElementById(\"map\") as HTMLElement,\n {\n scaleControl: true,\n center: cairo,\n zoom: 10,\n }\n );\n\n const infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();\n\n infowindow.setContent(\"\u003cb\u003eالقاهرة\u003c/b\u003e\");\n\n const marker = new google.maps.Marker({ map, position: cairo });\n\n marker.addListener(\"click\", () =\u003e {\n infowindow.open(map, marker);\n });\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/map-rtl/index.ts#L8-L43\n```\n| **Note:** Read the [guide](/maps/documentation/javascript/using-typescript) on using TypeScript and Google Maps.\n\nJavaScript \n\n```javascript\n// This example displays a map with the language set to Arabic and the\n// regions set to Egypt. These settings are specified in the HTML script\n// element when loading the Google Maps JavaScript API.\n// Setting the language shows the map in the language of your choice.\n// Setting the region biases the geocoding results to that region.\n// In addition, the page's html element sets the text direction to\n// right-to-left.\nfunction initMap() {\n const cairo = { lat: 30.064742, lng: 31.249509 };\n const map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById(\"map\"), {\n scaleControl: true,\n center: cairo,\n zoom: 10,\n });\n const infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow();\n\n infowindow.setContent(\"\u003cb\u003eالقاهرة\u003c/b\u003e\");\n\n const marker = new google.maps.Marker({ map, position: cairo });\n\n marker.addListener(\"click\", () =\u003e {\n infowindow.open(map, marker);\n });\n}\n\nwindow.initMap = initMap;https://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples/blob/2683f7366fb27829401945d2a7e27d77ed2df8e5/dist/samples/map-rtl/docs/index.js#L7-L32\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}\nhttps://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples/blob/2683f7366fb27829401945d2a7e27d77ed2df8e5/dist/samples/map-rtl/docs/style.css#L7-L24\n```\n\nHTML \n\n```html\n\u003chtml dir=\"rtl\"\u003e\n \u003chead\u003e\n \u003ctitle\u003eRight-to-Left Languages\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!-- \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&language=ar®ion=EG\"\n defer\n \u003e\u003c/script\u003e\n \u003c/body\u003e\n\u003c/html\u003ehttps://github.com/googlemaps/js-samples/blob/2683f7366fb27829401945d2a7e27d77ed2df8e5/dist/samples/map-rtl/docs/index.html#L8-L30\n```\n\nTry Sample \n[JSFiddle.net](https://jsfiddle.net/gh/get/library/pure/googlemaps/js-samples/tree/master/dist/samples/map-rtl/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-map-rtl&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-map-rtl 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"]]
