What is @types/googlemaps?
@types/googlemaps provides TypeScript type definitions for the Google Maps JavaScript API, enabling developers to use Google Maps functionalities with type safety and autocompletion in TypeScript projects.
What are @types/googlemaps's main functionalities?
Map Initialization
This feature allows you to initialize a Google Map with a specified center and zoom level.
const map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), { center: { lat: -34.397, lng: 150.644 }, zoom: 8 });
Adding Markers
This feature allows you to add markers to the map at specified locations.
const marker = new google.maps.Marker({ position: { lat: -34.397, lng: 150.644 }, map: map, title: 'Hello World!' });
Geocoding
This feature allows you to convert addresses into geographic coordinates and place markers on the map.
const geocoder = new google.maps.Geocoder(); geocoder.geocode({ 'address': 'Sydney, NSW' }, function(results, status) { if (status === 'OK') { map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location); const marker = new google.maps.Marker({ map: map, position: results[0].geometry.location }); } else { alert('Geocode was not successful for the following reason: ' + status); } });
Drawing Shapes
This feature allows you to draw shapes like rectangles on the map, with options to make them editable and draggable.
const rectangle = new google.maps.Rectangle({ bounds: { north: 33.685, south: 33.671, east: -116.234, west: -116.251 }, editable: true, draggable: true }); rectangle.setMap(map);
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Installation
npm install --save @types/googlemaps
Summary
This package contains type definitions for Google Maps JavaScript API (https://developers.google.com/maps/).
Details
Files were exported from https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/tree/master/types/googlemaps.
Additional Details
- Last updated: Fri, 10 Jul 2020 14:09:08 GMT
- Dependencies: none
- Global values:
google
Credits
These definitions were written by Chris Wrench, Kiarash Ghiaseddin, Grant Hutchins, Denis Atyasov, Michael McMullin, Martin Costello, Sven Kreiss, Umar Bolatov, Michael Gauthier, Colin Doig, Dmitry Demensky, Vladimir Dashukevich, Simon Haenisch, Gavin Nitta, and Bat-Orshikh Baavgaikhuu.