How do you import type definitions from `@types` typescript 2.0

Question

I'm using typescript 2.0 with the lastest [email protected] build process.

I installed the google-maps types like this:

npm install @types/google-maps --save-dev --save-exact

and I'm trying to import some of the type definitions into my code like this

/// <reference types="google-maps" /> import { LatLng, LatLngBounds } from 'google-maps'; 

but I get this typescript error:

./node_modules/@types/google-maps/index.d.ts has no exported member 'LatLng'

and if I look in the source, I actually find the definition in

./node_modules/@types/google-maps/node_modules/@types/googlemaps/index.d.ts

Answer 1

Add a reference to the types package in the file tsconfig.json in the root folder of your project:

"types": [     "google-maps" ] 

Don't import anything in your source files, the types are globally defined.