How to remove certain places on a map

[Junsuk Bang]

Hi all,

 

I'm wondering if it is able to remove information about uninteresting places on a map.

 

According to docs about Google Places API, it is possible immediately to add place info I wanna put on.

 

However, they do not mention about removing a certatin place which I do not want to show to guests of my page,

 

So, let me know whether it is possible or not, and how to remove place info which I do not want to show if possible.

 

 

Thanks.

 

Junsuk

 

 

[BruceB]

You can remove points of interest (POIs) from your map using the styling features:  http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/styling.html#styling_the_default_map

and

http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/styling.html#map_features

Just set the visible property to off for the categories you want hidden:

[ { featureType: "poi.government", stylers: [ { visibility: "off" } ] } ]

The styling wizard is useful for figuring out the style syntax: http://gmaps-samples-v3.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/styledmaps/wizard/index.html

[Junsuk Bang]

Oh, it is so helpful for me who is a real beginner of google Maps API and Javascript.

 

Thanks.

 

But, I have one more thing to ask.

 

By setting the visibility option of featuretypes, I can only remove a group of features like all goverment things, all business things.

 

If I want to remove all stores around my store, but wanna leave my store...

 

could you let me know what I can do?

 

[BruceB]

You can't specifically show one particular store or set of stores in the styling interface.

You would have to hide all POIs, and then use the Places API to search for and show your store(s) using the Marker overlay.