I'm wondering if it is possible to display Google Maps in black/white or with a sepia filter. Can it be done with some Canvas magic? Or overlaying? Or some other method?
With style options you can customize the presentation of the standard Google map styles, changing the visual display of features like roads, parks, businesses, and other points of interest. As well as changing the style of these features, you can hide features entirely.
Changing Map Styles Click on the option labeled Tools and then click on Change map. Once there, click on the button labeled Change feature styles. There are plenty of options for changing the different styles of your markers, which includes changing their color.
In the Google Cloud Console, go to the Map Styles page. Select the style you want, and click Customize Style.
Check this fiddle out, I've desaturated all elements to create the black and white effect, for example:
{ "featureType": "road.highway", "elementType": "geometry", "stylers": [ { "saturation": -100 }, { "lightness": -8 }, { "gamma": 1.18 } ] }
You can style your maps using this wizard
or using Snazzy Maps which is very user-friendly.
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