In Google Maps api v2 you could get parameters such as the map type, zoom etc directly from the map object. In version 3 you have the setOptions method to set some parameters, but there is no getOptions() or options to retrieve them.

In Google Maps api v2 you could get parameters such as the map type, zoom etc directly from the map object. In version 3 you have the setOptions method to set some parameters, but there is no getOptions() or options to retrieve them.

• javascript
• google-maps
• google-maps-api-3

2 Answers 2

You can also access options using the get method on the map as an MVCObject as shown in this example

// create map
var myLatlng = new google.maps.LatLng(-33, 151);
var myOptions = {
  center: myLatlng,
  zoom: 5
};
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"), myOptions);

map.setOptions({
  streetViewControl: false,
  zoom: 6,
  zoomControl: false,
  }
);

document.getElementById("center").value = map.get('center');
document.getElementById("streetViewControl").value = map.get('streetViewControl');
document.getElementById("zoom").value = map.get('zoom');
document.getElementById("zoomControl").value = map.get('zoomControl');

#map_canvas {
  width: 50%;
  height: 200px;
  float: left;
}

input {
  width: 90px;
  }

<script type="text/javascript" src="https://maps.googleapis./maps/api/js?sensor=false"></script>
<div id="map_canvas"></div>

<input type="text" id="center" /> center<br>
<input type="text" id="streetViewControl" /> streetViewControl<br>
<input type="text" id="zoom" /> zoom<br>
<input type="text" id="zoomControl" /> zoomControl<br>
...

You can access those properties via methods on the Map class:

• getZoom()
• getMapTypeId()
• getCenter()
• etc..