How to disable Google Map's Satellite view?

Question

I am working on Google Maps Javascript API V 3.

Everything is working fine but I want to disable the MAP button which appears in the top right area with SATELLITE button.

How can I do this?

Answer 1

var myOptions = {     zoom: 2,     center: **Your LatLng object**,     mapTypeControlOptions: {       mapTypeIds: [google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP, google.maps.MapTypeId.HYBRID]     }, // here´s the array of controls     disableDefaultUI: true, // a way to quickly hide all controls     mapTypeControl: true,     scaleControl: true,     zoomControl: true,     zoomControlOptions: {       style: google.maps.ZoomControlStyle.LARGE      },     mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP }; map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"), myOptions); // displays in <article id="map_canvas"></article> //map.mapTypeControl = false; // OPTIONAL: hides the map control 

Answer 2

When you enable the map and passes the options to it, you have the chance to specify a mapTypeControlOptions. These have an Array that specifies what kind of maptype's you will allow the user to be able to see. It can be seen here http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/reference.html#MapTypeControlOptions.

If you don't want the user to have any options as to the maptypes, you can also specify that by setting the maps mapTypeControl to false.