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map like MapTypeId.TERRAIN with dark water

Hello I can darken the water at the same time changing to a styled map so other values get reset. What I want is a map with green landscape like MapTypeId.TERRAIN has and darker water. I could manage make the water darker and now also want green landscape same way MapTypeId.TERRAIN has. Can you recommend a way? Thanks

Solution

  • At the moment, the Google Styled Maps cannot be applied to map types other than the default ROADMAP type. This was confirmed by a Google Employee on the mailing list on May 31st 2010:

    However, if you simply want a greener terrain with dark water, you can still style the default ROADMAP to look something like this:

    aGoogle Maps Dark Water Style Demo

    Example source code:

    <!DOCTYPE html>
<html> 
<head> 
   <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"/> 
   <title>Google Maps Dark Water Style Demo</title> 
   <script src="http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false" 
           type="text/javascript"></script> 
</head> 
<body> 
   <div id="map" style="width: 550px; height: 300px;"></div> 

   <script type="text/javascript"> 
     var darkStyle = [
       {
         featureType: "landscape",
         elementType: "all",
         stylers: [
           { visibility: "on" },
           { hue: "#1aff00" },
           { lightness: -17 }
         ]
       },{
         featureType: "water",
         elementType: "all",
         stylers: [
           { hue: "#1900ff" },
           { invert_lightness: true },
           { lightness: -56 },
           { saturation: 31 },
           { visibility: "simplified" }
         ]
       },{
         featureType: "administrative",
         elementType: "all",
         stylers: [
           { gamma: 0.82 },
           { visibility: "on" },
           { lightness: -18 },
           { hue: "#00ff4d" },
           { saturation: 27 }
         ]
       }
     ];

     var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
       mapTypeControlOptions: {
         mapTypeIds: [
          'darkwater', 
          google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP, 
          google.maps.MapTypeId.TERRAIN
         ]
       },
       center: new google.maps.LatLng(30, 0),
       zoom: 1,
       mapTypeId: 'darkwater'
     });

     map.mapTypes.set(
       'darkwater', new google.maps.StyledMapType(darkStyle, { 
         name: 'Dark' 
       })
     );
   </script> 
</body> 
</html>