function initMap() {
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
zoom: 4,
center: {lat: 49.496675, lng: -102.65625}
});
var georssLayer = new google.maps.KmlLayer({
url: 'http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/geo/?g=322338@N20&lang=en-us&format=feed-georss'
});
georssLayer.setMap(map);
}
<div id="map"></div>
/* 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;
}
<!-- Replace the value of the key parameter with your own API key. -->
<script async
src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyCkUOdZ5y7hMm0yrcCQoCvLwzdM6M8s5qk&callback=initMap">
</script>
Try it yourself
You can experiment with this code in JSFiddle by clicking the<>icon in the
top-right corner of the code window.
<!DOCTYPEhtml>
<html><head><metaname="viewport"content="initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no"><metacharset="utf-8"><title>GeoRSSLayers</title><style>/* 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;}</style></head><body><divid="map"></div><script>functioninitMap(){varmap=newgoogle.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'),{zoom:4,center:{lat:49.496675,lng:-102.65625}});vargeorssLayer=newgoogle.maps.KmlLayer({url:'http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/geo/?g=322338@N20&lang=en-us&format=feed-georss'});georssLayer.setMap(map);}</script><scriptasyncsrc="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=YOUR_API_KEY&callback=initMap"></script></body>
</html>
[[["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complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-09-04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."],[[["\u003cp\u003eThis example demonstrates how to create and display a GeoRSS layer on a Google Map using the \u003ccode\u003eKmlLayer\u003c/code\u003e object.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ccode\u003eKmlLayer\u003c/code\u003e is initialized with a URL pointing to a GeoRSS feed, in this case, a Flickr feed.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe example code includes HTML, CSS, and JavaScript snippets to create a map container, style it, and load the GeoRSS layer.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eUsers can experiment with the code directly in JSFiddle.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],["A `google.maps.Map` object is initialized within the `initMap` function, setting the zoom to 4 and centering on coordinates 49.496675, -102.65625. A `google.maps.KmlLayer` object, named `georssLayer`, is created using a GeoRSS feed URL from Flickr. This `georssLayer` is then added to the map using `setMap(map)`. The HTML includes a `div` for the map and a script that calls the Google Maps API.\n"],null,["This example constructs a `KmlLayer` object from a given\nGeoRSS feed.\n\nRead the\n[documentation](/maps/documentation/javascript/kmllayer#overview). \n\n```\nfunction initMap() {\n var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {\n zoom: 4,\n center: {lat: 49.496675, lng: -102.65625}\n });\n\n var georssLayer = new google.maps.KmlLayer({\n url: 'http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/geo/?g=322338@N20⟨=en-us&format=feed-georss'\n });\n georssLayer.setMap(map);\n}\n``` \n\n```\n\u003cdiv id=\"map\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n``` \n\n```\n/* Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div\n * element that contains the map. */\n#map {\n height: 100%;\n}\n/* Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. */\nhtml, body {\n height: 100%;\n margin: 0;\n padding: 0;\n}\n``` \n\n```\n\u003c!-- Replace the value of the key parameter with your own API key. --\u003e\n\u003cscript async\nsrc=\"https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=AIzaSyCkUOdZ5y7hMm0yrcCQoCvLwzdM6M8s5qk&callback=initMap\"\u003e\n\u003c/script\u003e\n```\n\nTry it yourself\n\nYou can experiment with this code in JSFiddle by clicking the `\u003c\u003e` icon in the\ntop-right corner of the code window. \n\n```javascript\n\u003c!DOCTYPE html\u003e\n\u003chtml\u003e\n \u003chead\u003e\n \u003cmeta name=\"viewport\" content=\"initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no\"\u003e\n \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n \u003ctitle\u003eGeoRSS Layers\u003c/title\u003e\n \u003cstyle\u003e\n /* Always set the map height explicitly to define the size of the div\n * element that contains the map. */\n #map {\n height: 100%;\n }\n /* Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. */\n html, body {\n height: 100%;\n margin: 0;\n padding: 0;\n }\n \u003c/style\u003e\n \u003c/head\u003e\n \u003cbody\u003e\n \u003cdiv id=\"map\"\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n \u003cscript\u003e\n function initMap() {\n var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {\n zoom: 4,\n center: {lat: 49.496675, lng: -102.65625}\n });\n\n var georssLayer = new google.maps.KmlLayer({\n url: 'http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/geo/?g=322338@N20⟨=en-us&format=feed-georss'\n });\n georssLayer.setMap(map);\n }\n \u003c/script\u003e\n \u003cscript async\n src=\"https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?key=YOUR_API_KEY&callback=initMap\"\u003e\n \u003c/script\u003e\n \u003c/body\u003e\n\u003c/html\u003e\n```"]]
