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Map settings

Last updated on
30 April 2025

The map settings are stored in the #settings key of the map element. The entire settings array is passed to the javascript side and is available as this.vars inside of a handler.

  • width
    CSS width for the map. Use % or px.
  • height
    CSS height for the map. Use % or px.
  • zoom
    Map zoom level. Canonicalized to integer.
  • controltype
    Type of control to put in the top left of the map.
    Possible values: Small, Large, None
  • align
    Alignment of the map.
    Possible values: Left, Right, Center
  • latlong
    Backwards compatiblity for latlon.
  • latlon
    Latitude and longitude combined. Will be converted to latitude / longitude if nonexistent.
  • latitude
    Canonical form of latitude.
  • longitude
    Canonical form of longitude
  • maptype
    Which type to draw.
    Possible values:
    Map: G_NORMAL_MAP
    Hybrid: G_HYBRID_MAP
    Satellite: G_SATELLITE_MAP
  • line_colors
    Colors to draw lines.
    Deprecated -- Will be removed shortly
  • behavior
    Array of behavior flags.

(todo: search for other things honored by GMap core and document them)

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