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This example creates a map that's centered on Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

TypeScript

async function init(): Promise<void> {
    // Import the needed libraries.
    await google.maps.importLibrary('maps');

    // Access the map.
    const mapElement = document.querySelector('gmp-map')!;
    // Access the underlying map object.
    const innerMap = mapElement.innerMap;

    console.log({ mapElement, innerMap });
}

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

JavaScript

async function init() {
    // Import the needed libraries.
    await google.maps.importLibrary('maps');

    // Access the map.
    const mapElement = document.querySelector('gmp-map');
    // Access the underlying map object.
    const innerMap = mapElement.innerMap;

    console.log({ mapElement, innerMap });
}

void init();

CSS

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

HTML

<html>
    <head>
        <title>Simple Map</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 center="-34.397,150.644" zoom="8" mapId="DEMO_MAP_ID">
        </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/map-simple
  npm i
  npm start
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Last updated 2026-08-19 UTC.

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