New How To Practise Styled Google Maps

Yesterday I wrote nigh Six of the Best Mapbox Styles. Today I idea it mightiness hold upwards interesting to expect at styling maps amongst the Google Maps API. While the Styled Maps feature inwards the JavaScript Map API is nowhere close equally powerful equally Tilemill or Mapbox Studio it does let developers to command or thus blueprint elements of a Google Map, such equally defining the colors of map features.


Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 proficient instance of what tin hold upwards achieved amongst the Styled Maps characteristic is Yarr, Pirate Maps. Yarr, Pirate Maps uses a few clever tricks to practise a distinct pirate themed design, consummate amongst animated waves, birds too pirate ships.

The colored map tiles are created using the Google Maps API Styled Maps feature. The styled map is augmented past times a few other non-Styled Map features. For example, the newspaper looking final result is created past times using a release of background images too z-index on the map. The animated waves, birds too ships on the map are achieved past times using animated gifs equally map markers.


If yous desire to travel a styled Google Map too thus your best bet is in all likelihood to kickoff amongst having a expect at styles that convey already been created past times other users. Luckily a corking repository of laid upwards made Google Maps styles already exists.

Snazzy Maps is a collection of dissimilar styles for Google Maps. You tin browse through the many instance map styles on Snazzy Maps past times the 'most popular' too 'most recent'. You tin also filter the maps shown past times a release of useful tags, such equally 'dark', 'light', 'two-tone' etc.

Map developers contribute to the repository past times adding map styles that they convey created themselves. Once yous detect a map mode that yous similar yous tin click on its championship too select grip of the mode array. Snazzy Maps fifty-fifty provides an selection to download a uncomplicated instance of each style.


If yous desire to kickoff from scratch too practise your ain Google Maps mode too thus yous tin travel Google's Styled Maps Wizard. The magician allows developers to play amongst the colors too styles of private map elements too practise the JSON code that tin too thus hold upwards used amongst the Google Maps API.

Other, tertiary party, mode wizards also be to attention yous practise your ain Google Maps styles. Map Stylr, Think Tank's Custom Google Maps Style Tool too Google Maps Colorizr are all corking mode wizards designed to attention making your ain map styles equally slowly equally selecting map features too selecting your favorite colors.

If yous desire to a greater extent than inspiration for creating your ain Google Maps styles too thus yous tin also convey a expect through or thus of the corking map styles previously featured on past times using the Styled Maps tag.
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