Google has extended custom map styles to the Google Maps APIs for iOS in addition to Android. This agency that you lot tin at ane time purpose the same custom map way across dissimilar platforms.
The Google Maps API allows you lot to modify the colors of dissimilar map chemical ingredient in addition to to define which map elements are visible. To kickoff creating your ain custom map way you lot tin play alongside the novel Google Maps APIs Styling Wizard. The sorcerer allows you lot to apace suit the break of labels, landmarks in addition to roads that are visible on the map. It also contains a break of pre-designed themes, such equally the vintage in addition to night-time map styles.
If you lot desire to modify the await of your map way fifty-fifty farther simply click on the 'more options' button. This volition let you lot to command which characteristic types you lot wishing to display inward your way in addition to let you lot to modify their appearance on the map.
You tin larn to a greater extent than virtually custom map styles inward the Google Maps API documentation for Android, iOS in addition to JavaScript.
The Google Maps API doesn't convey equally many styling features equally Mapbox Studio. In detail Google nevertheless doesn't let you lot to modify the fonts of map labels. An pick that Mapbox Studio has had from the start. Choosing in addition to adding your ain fonts for place-labels actually does let you lot to practise distinctive custom map styles. The novel Mapbox Studio dataset editor also allows you lot to add together in addition to customize the await of your ain map information conduct inside the same styling browser interface.
If Mapbox Studio feels besides proprietary for your needs, in addition to you lot desire to practise in addition to serve your ain custom map tiles, in addition to thus you lot mightiness desire to back upwardly Maputnik. Maputnik is a novel browser based map styling editor for creating custom Mapbox GL styles.
The Maputnik editor is really like inward pattern in addition to purpose to Mapbox Studio but is opened upwardly beginning in addition to volition run on your ain desktop computer. The editor allows you lot to add together in addition to command the visibility of a make of map elements in addition to define their colors.
To add together your Maputnik created custom map way to a map you lot simply quest to download the Maputnik generated JSON way document. You tin in addition to thus purpose the way yesteryear pointing to the JSON file from your Mapbox GL maps.
Maputnik is currently running a Kickstarter campaign to heighten funds to prepare the projection further. You tin also sentiment the electrical current projection code for Maputnik on GitHub.
