// Create an array of styles. var styles = [ { stylers: [ { hue: "#e7edef" }, { saturation: -20 } ] },{ featureType: "road", elementType: "geometry", stylers: [ { lightness: 100 }, { visibility: "simplified" } ] },{ featureType: "road", elementType: "labels", stylers: [ { visibility: "off" } ] } ]; // Create a new StyledMapType object, passing it the array of styles, // as well as the name to be displayed on the map type control. var styledMap = new google.maps.StyledMapType(styles, {name: "Styled Map"}); var mapOptions = { zoom: 13, panControl: true, zoomControl: true, mapTypeControl: true, scaleControl: true, streetViewControl: true, overviewMapControl: true } map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map-canvas'), mapOptions); map.mapTypes.set('map_style', styledMap); map.setMapTypeId('map_style'); codeAddress(); } function codeAddress() { var address = "South Ockendon"; geocoder.geocode( { 'address': address}, function(results, status) { if (status == google.maps.GeocoderStatus.OK) { map.setCenter(results[0].geometry.location); } else { alert('Geocode was not successful for the following reason: ' + status); } }); } google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);