How to install Typescript typings for google maps

Question

How can it be done - I\'ve tried combinations of

typings install [googlemaps | google.maps] [--ambient] --save

and end up with variations o

Answer 1

Stephen Paul clearly explains everything, but there is something important to mention. tsconfigs can extend each other. And extended one can overwrite the parent one. In my case I had another tsconfig.app.json under app directory which has

types: []

arrays. As Stephen already explained this empty array overrides typeRoots. So just remove all types arrays in ALL related tsconfig files and ensure that

"typeRoots": ["node_modules/@types"]

is present. Needless to say that @types@googlemaps must be installed