howto change colorscheme with createStaticMapsUrl?

[roman-ruthofer]

is there a way to set the colorscheme (Dark, Light) when using createStaticMapsUrl()?

[mrMetalWood]

As far as I know there is no colorscheme option available for the Static Maps API in general.

The easiest thing to get dark mode is to create a map style in the cloud console with the default google dark option:

And then pass the mapId to the createStaticMapsUrl() function

[roman-ruthofer]

ok, i'll try that ... thanks!

[roman-ruthofer]

seems like a map has always a dark and light style assigned - so i still get the light style

[roman-ruthofer]

@mrMetalWood do you have any futher idea how to solve it

[chama-x]

The Static Maps API itself doesn't directly support colorscheme parameters, but you can achieve this by creating map styles in Google Cloud Console:

1. Go to Google Cloud Console > Maps Style section
2. Create a custom style with your desired light or dark theme
3. Get the map ID from the style
4. Pass it to createStaticMapsUrl() via the map_id parameter

Alternatively, if you're using createStaticMapsUrl() in the context of react-google-maps, you might want to use the dynamic <GoogleMap> component instead, which gives you more styling options through map styles and other properties.