Is it possible to change the Hybrid maptype as an StyledMapType?

Question

I was wondering if you could change the features of the hybrid maptype like you can do on a styledmaptype. I ask this because i want to show the satellite map (or changed hybrid map) with only country borders, no roads citynames etc.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

You may observe the event maptypeid_changed of the map.

Check the current mapTypeId by using getMapTypeId() and if it is equal to google.maps.MapTypeId.HYBRID apply the following style to the map by using map.setOptions()

{
    featureType: "all",
    elementType: "labels",//hides all labels
    stylers: [
      { visibility:'off' }
    ]
  },
  {
    featureType: "road",//hides the roads
    stylers: [
      { visibility:'off' }
    ]
  }

When the mapTypeId is not google.maps.MapTypeId.HYBRID apply the same style, but set both visibility-stylers to on

In the end it may look like this:

google.maps.event.addListener(map, 'maptypeid_changed', function() {

  var onoff=(this.getMapTypeId()==google.maps.MapTypeId.HYBRID)
              ?'off'
              :'on';

             this.setOptions(
                {
                  styles:[{
                            featureType: "all",
                            elementType: "labels",
                            stylers: [{ visibility:onoff }]
                          },
                          {
                            featureType: "road",
                            stylers: [{ visibility:onoff}]}
                        ]
                }
                );

});
google.maps.event.trigger(map,'maptypeid_changed');