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This example shows an approach to styling point geometry based data features. It is based on the following dataset: 2018 Squirrel Census Fur Color Map

Read the documentation.

TypeScript

const mapElement = document.querySelector('gmp-map')!;
let innerMap: google.maps.Map;
function setStyle(params: { feature: google.maps.Feature }) {
    // Get the dataset feature, so we can work with all of its attributes.
    const datasetFeature = params.feature as google.maps.DatasetFeature;
    // Get all of the needed dataset attributes.
    const furColors =
        datasetFeature.datasetAttributes.CombinationofPrimaryandHighlightColor;

    // Apply styles. Fill is primary fur color, stroke is secondary fur color.
    switch (furColors) {
        case 'Black+':
            return {
                fillColor: 'black',
                pointRadius: 8,
            };
            break;
        case 'Cinnamon+':
            return {
                fillColor: '#8b0000',
                pointRadius: 8,
            };
            break;
        case 'Cinnamon+Gray':
            return {
                fillColor: '#8b0000',
                strokeColor: 'gray',
                pointRadius: 6,
            };
            break;
        case 'Cinnamon+White':
            return {
                fillColor: '#8b0000',
                strokeColor: 'white',
                pointRadius: 6,
            };
            break;
        case 'Gray+':
            return {
                fillColor: 'gray',
                pointRadius: 8,
            };
            break;
        case 'Gray+Cinnamon':
            return {
                fillColor: 'gray',
                strokeColor: '#8b0000',
                pointRadius: 6,
            };
            break;
        case 'Gray+Cinnamon, White':
            return {
                fillColor: 'silver',
                strokeColor: '#8b0000',
                pointRadius: 6,
            };
            break;
        case 'Gray+White':
            return {
                fillColor: 'gray',
                strokeColor: 'white',
                pointRadius: 6,
            };
            break;
        default: // Color not defined.
            return {
                fillColor: 'yellow',
                pointRadius: 8,
            };
            break;
    }
}

async function init() {
    // Request needed libraries.
    const [{ event }] = await Promise.all([
        google.maps.importLibrary('core'),
        google.maps.importLibrary('maps'),
    ]);

    // Get the inner map.
    innerMap = mapElement.innerMap;

    event.addListenerOnce(innerMap, 'idle', () => {
        // Add the data legend.
        makeLegend();
    });

    // Dataset ID for squirrel dataset.
    const datasetId = 'a99635b0-5e73-4b2a-8ae3-cb40f4b7f47e';
    const datasetLayer = innerMap.getDatasetFeatureLayer(datasetId);
    datasetLayer.style = setStyle;
}

// Creates a legend for the map.
function makeLegend() {
    const colors = {
        black: ['black'],
        cinnamon: ['#8b0000'],
        'cinnamon + gray': ['#8b0000', 'gray'],
        'cinnamon + white': ['#8b0000', 'white'],
        gray: ['gray'],
        'gray + cinnamon': ['gray', '#8b0000'],
        'gray + cinnamon + white': ['silver', '#8b0000'],
        'gray + white': ['gray', 'white'],
        'no color data': ['yellow'],
    };

    const legend = document.getElementById('legend');
    legend!.id = 'legend';
    const title = document.createElement('div');
    title.innerText = 'Fur Colors';
    title.classList.add('title');
    legend!.appendChild(title);

    for (const color of Object.keys(colors) as Iterable<keyof typeof colors>) {
        const wrapper = document.createElement('div');
        wrapper.id = 'container';
        const box = document.createElement('div');
        box.style.backgroundColor = colors[color][0];
        if (colors[color][1]) {
            box.style.borderColor = colors[color][1];
        } else {
            box.style.borderColor = colors[color][0];
        }
        box.classList.add('box');
        const txt = document.createElement('div');
        txt.classList.add('legend');
        txt.innerText = color;
        wrapper.appendChild(box);
        wrapper.appendChild(txt);
        legend!.appendChild(wrapper);
    }
}

void init();
Note: Read the guide on using TypeScript and Google Maps.

JavaScript

const mapElement = document.querySelector('gmp-map');
let innerMap;
function setStyle(params) {
    // Get the dataset feature, so we can work with all of its attributes.
    const datasetFeature = params.feature;
    // Get all of the needed dataset attributes.
    const furColors =
        datasetFeature.datasetAttributes.CombinationofPrimaryandHighlightColor;

    // Apply styles. Fill is primary fur color, stroke is secondary fur color.
    switch (furColors) {
        case 'Black+':
            return {
                fillColor: 'black',
                pointRadius: 8,
            };
            break;
        case 'Cinnamon+':
            return {
                fillColor: '#8b0000',
                pointRadius: 8,
            };
            break;
        case 'Cinnamon+Gray':
            return {
                fillColor: '#8b0000',
                strokeColor: 'gray',
                pointRadius: 6,
            };
            break;
        case 'Cinnamon+White':
            return {
                fillColor: '#8b0000',
                strokeColor: 'white',
                pointRadius: 6,
            };
            break;
        case 'Gray+':
            return {
                fillColor: 'gray',
                pointRadius: 8,
            };
            break;
        case 'Gray+Cinnamon':
            return {
                fillColor: 'gray',
                strokeColor: '#8b0000',
                pointRadius: 6,
            };
            break;
        case 'Gray+Cinnamon, White':
            return {
                fillColor: 'silver',
                strokeColor: '#8b0000',
                pointRadius: 6,
            };
            break;
        case 'Gray+White':
            return {
                fillColor: 'gray',
                strokeColor: 'white',
                pointRadius: 6,
            };
            break;
        default: // Color not defined.
            return {
                fillColor: 'yellow',
                pointRadius: 8,
            };
            break;
    }
}

async function init() {
    // Request needed libraries.
    const [{ event }] = await Promise.all([
        google.maps.importLibrary('core'),
        google.maps.importLibrary('maps'),
    ]);

    // Get the inner map.
    innerMap = mapElement.innerMap;

    event.addListenerOnce(innerMap, 'idle', () => {
        // Add the data legend.
        makeLegend();
    });

    // Dataset ID for squirrel dataset.
    const datasetId = 'a99635b0-5e73-4b2a-8ae3-cb40f4b7f47e';
    const datasetLayer = innerMap.getDatasetFeatureLayer(datasetId);
    datasetLayer.style = setStyle;
}

// Creates a legend for the map.
function makeLegend() {
    const colors = {
        black: ['black'],
        cinnamon: ['#8b0000'],
        'cinnamon + gray': ['#8b0000', 'gray'],
        'cinnamon + white': ['#8b0000', 'white'],
        gray: ['gray'],
        'gray + cinnamon': ['gray', '#8b0000'],
        'gray + cinnamon + white': ['silver', '#8b0000'],
        'gray + white': ['gray', 'white'],
        'no color data': ['yellow'],
    };

    const legend = document.getElementById('legend');
    legend.id = 'legend';
    const title = document.createElement('div');
    title.innerText = 'Fur Colors';
    title.classList.add('title');
    legend.appendChild(title);

    for (const color of Object.keys(colors)) {
        const wrapper = document.createElement('div');
        wrapper.id = 'container';
        const box = document.createElement('div');
        box.style.backgroundColor = colors[color][0];
        if (colors[color][1]) {
            box.style.borderColor = colors[color][1];
        } else {
            box.style.borderColor = colors[color][0];
        }
        box.classList.add('box');
        const txt = document.createElement('div');
        txt.classList.add('legend');
        txt.innerText = color;
        wrapper.appendChild(box);
        wrapper.appendChild(txt);
        legend.appendChild(wrapper);
    }
}

void init();

CSS

/* 
 * Optional: Makes the sample page fill the window. 
 */
html,
body {
    height: 100%;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
}

#attributionLabel {
    background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);
    font-family: 'Roboto', 'Arial', sans-serif;
    font-size: 10px;
    padding: 2px;
    margin: 2px;
}

#legend,
#dataset,
#counter {
    background-color: #e5e5e5;
    width: 15em;

    margin-left: 1em;
    border-radius: 8px;
    font-family: Roboto, sans-serif;
    overflow: hidden;
}

#dataset select {
    border-radius: 0;
    padding: 0.1em;
    border: 1px solid black;
    width: auto;
    margin: 0.5em 1em;
}

.title {
    padding: 0.5em 1em;
    font-weight: bold;
    font-size: 1.5em;
    margin-bottom: 0.5em;
    background-color: rgb(66, 133, 244);
    color: white;
    width: 100%;
}

.button {
    font-size: 1.2em;
    margin: 1em;
    background-color: rgb(66, 133, 244);
    color: white;
    padding: 0.5em;
    border-radius: 8px;
}

#legend #container {
    margin: 0.5em;
    display: flex;
}

#legend div .box {
    display: flex;
    width: 1em;
    height: 1em;
    border-radius: 50%;
    border: 2px solid;
}

#legend div .legend {
    display: flex;
    padding: 0.3em;
}

HTML

<html>
    <head>
        <title>Style a point data feature</title>

        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./style.css" />
        <script type="module" src="./index.js"></script>
        <script>
            // prettier-ignore
            (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: "GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY"
            });
        </script>
    </head>
    <body>
        <gmp-map
            map-id="5cd2c9ca1cf05670"
            center="40.780101, -73.967780"
            zoom="17"
            map-type-control="false"
            street-view-control="false"
            fullscreen-control="false">
            <div id="legend" slot="control-inline-start-block-start"></div>
            <div id="attributionLabel" slot="control-block-end-inline-start">
                Data source: NYC Open Data
            </div>
        </gmp-map>
    </body>
</html>

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/dds-datasets-point
  npm i
  npm start
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