How to remove a MapType from google map using Google Maps Javascript V3 API?

Question

Here is the snippet I am using to display Google map on my app using their V3 Javascript API.

var myOptions = {
            zoom: 15,
            mapTypeId:          


        

Answer 1

You can remove all the default UI

var mapOptions = {
            zoom: 15,
            mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP,
            disableDefaultUI: true
        };

var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"), mapOptions);

And then you can add your own controls

Or you can just add mapTypeControl: false

Answer 2

To disable only map control, use this option in Gmap3 documentation :

mapTypeControl
Type: boolean

The initial enabled/disabled state of the Map type control.

example:

var options = {
   // ...
   mapTypeControl: false
}
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"), options);

Answer 3

The Google Maps v3 API doc is great.

In it, you'll find that MapOptions have a property, "mapTypeControl", which is a boolean. Set it to false to disable it for your map.

Answer 4

So there's no URL attribute for disabling the satellite/terrain maps from Google's own embed code?