Customizing Google Maps

Google Maps can be customized using various parameters.

Customization syntax

{{#display_map: Berlin~Berlin; Brussels~Brussels; Amsterdam~Amsterdam; London~London; Paris~Paris
 | service=google
 | searchmarkers=all
}}

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Parameters

Parameter	Aliases	Default	Description
zoom	whole number	14	The zoom level for the map. For maps with markers this will default to the most zoomed in level that still shows all markers.
width	number and dimensional unit	auto	Allows setting the width of the map. By default pixels will be assumed as unit, but you can explicitly specify one of these units: px, ex, em, %.
height	number and dimensional unit	350	Allows setting the height of the map. By default pixels will be assumed as unit, but you can explicitly specify one of these units: px, ex, em.
centre	text	no	The location on which the map should be centered
title	text	empty	Allows setting text that will be displayed in the pop-ups of all markers that do not have a specific title. When used together with label, the title will be bold and underlined.
label	text	empty	Allows setting text that will be displayed in the pop-ups of all markers that do not have a specific label.
icon	text	empty	Allows setting the icon used for all markers.
lines	List of lines	empty	Lines to display
polygons	List of geographical polygons	empty	Polygons to display
circles	List of circles	empty	Circles to display
rectangles	List of rectangles	empty	Rectangles to display
maxzoom	whole number	no	The maximum zoom level
minzoom	whole number	no	The minimum zoom level
copycoords	yes/no	no	Show a dialog when clicking on a marker from which its coordinates may be copied
static	yes/no	no	Make the map static
visitedicon	text	empty	The filename of an image to be used for marker icons after the original markers have been clicked
wmsoverlay	Web Map Service overlay	no	Use a WMS overlay
type	text	roadmap	The map type to initially show.
types	list of texts	roadmap, satellite, hybrid, terrain	The map types that will be available via the type control.
layers	list of texts	empty	Special layers to load onto the map.
controls	list of texts	pan, zoom, type, scale, streetview, rotate	The controls to place on the map.
zoomstyle	text	default	The style of the zoom control.
typestyle	text	default	The style of the type control.
autoinfowindows	yes/no	no	Automatically open all info windows after the page has loaded.
resizable	yes/no	no	Makes the map resizable by dragging at its lower right corner.
kmlrezoom	yes/no	no	Rezoom the map after the KML layers have been loaded.
poi	yes/no	yes	Show points of interest.
cluster	yes/no	no	Allows merging of multiple nearby markers into one marker
clustergridsize	whole number	60	The grid size of a cluster in pixels.
clustermaxzoom	whole number	20	The maximum zoom level where clusters may exist.
clusterzoomonclick	yes/no	yes	Whether the default behaviour of clicking on a cluster is to zoom into it.
clusteraveragecenter	yes/no	yes	Whether the center of each cluster should be the average of all markers in the cluster.
clusterminsize	whole number	2	The minimum number of markers to be in a cluster before the markers are hidden and a count is shown.
imageoverlays	List of image overlays	empty	Allows adding an image to be shown on the specified location on the map.
kml	list of texts	empty	KML files to load onto the map.
gkml	list of texts	empty	KML files hosted by Google to load onto the map.
searchmarkers	text	empty	Allows to search for specific markers via a field embedded into the map.
fullscreen	yes/no	no	Enable fullscreen button
mylocation	yes/no	no	Enable the geolocation button
mylocationfollow	yes/no	no	Continously center map on user location
mylocationzoom	whole number	-1	The zoom level to go to when user location is turned on
scrollwheelzoom	yes/no	no	Indicates if mouse scrolling should be enabled or not.

Examples

See Google Maps Examples

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