Export geoJSON data from Google Maps

Question

Is there built-in support or any library to export geoJSON data from the google.maps.Data layer or google.maps.Data.Feature or googl

Answer 1

None of these worked for me. I figured out a way to export custom Polygons which may be useful for other shapes as well.

Here's the key export function:

function getPathArray(polygon) {
    return polygon.getPath().getArray().map(p => {
        return { lat: p.lat(), lng: p.lng() }
    })
}

Here's a full example:

function initMap() {
    var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
        zoom: 5,
        center: { lat: 25.774, lng: -70.190 }, // bermuda triangle
    });

    const bermudaTriangle = new google.maps.Polygon({
        paths: [
            { lat: 25.774, lng: -80.190 },
            { lat: 18.466, lng: -66.118 },
            { lat: 32.321, lng: -64.757 },
        ],
        strokeColor: '#FF0000',
        strokeOpacity: 0.8,
        strokeWeight: 2,
        fillColor: '#FF0000',
        fillOpacity: 0.35,
        editable: true,
        draggable: false
    });
    bermudaTriangle.setMap(map);

    bermudaTriangle.getPaths().forEach(function (path, index) {
        google.maps.event.addListener(path, 'insert_at', function () {
            var data = getPathArray(bermudaTriangle)
            console.log(JSON.stringify(data))
        })

        google.maps.event.addListener(path, 'remove_at', function () {
            var data = getPathArray(bermudaTriangle)
            console.log(JSON.stringify(data))
        })

        google.maps.event.addListener(path, 'set_at', function () {
            var data = getPathArray(bermudaTriangle)
            console.log(JSON.stringify(data))
        })
    })

    google.maps.event.addListener(bermudaTriangle, 'dragend', function () {
        console.log("dragged")
    })
}

function getPathArray(polygon) {
    return polygon.getPath().getArray().map(p => {
        return { lat: p.lat(), lng: p.lng() }
    })
}

Then use the json that gets printed to the console and import it

bermudaTriangle.setPath(JSON.parse(myJson))