disable clickable landmark on google map - google-maps-api-3

Question

I'm using google map API v3. I want to disable click action on default google landmark/poi. For example, when I zoom to UCLA, the school icon shows up (that's fine) but I don't want user to click and view details of that location. Which API function should I use?

Answer 1

Google has exposed an option for this. See clickableIcons of google.maps.MapOptions in the docs.
Example initialization code:
map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
clickableIcons: false
});

Answer 2

add this option to mapOption
clickableIcons: false
this is more options i think you will
draggable: true, // this is for disable the Draggable
disableDefaultUI: true, // this for disable Default UI
fullscreenControl: false, // this is for disable Full Screen
scrollwheel: true, // this is for disable Scroll Wheel
disableDoubleClickZoom: false, // this is for disable Double Click Zoom
draggableCursor:'crosshair',// this is for cursor type
draggingCursor:'move', // this is for dragging cursor type
minZoom: 3, // this is for min zoom for map
maxZoom: 18 , // this is for max zoom for map
//note : max, min zoom it's so important for my design.
zoom: 14, // this is to make default zoom
clickableIcons: false, // this is to disable all labels icons except your custom infowindow or Infobox.

Answer 3

I encountered this same problem.
Google appears to have recently changed their api to make the base map labels "clickable" and there is not yet a simple API call to disable their clickablility.
http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3/browse_thread/thread/f1ac9ad4da3606fe
I would like to see google add a simple map option like this, but alas it doesn't exist yet
var opts = { clickableLabels:false };
var map = new maps.google.com.map(div,opts);
The following solution works, but because it relies on custom styled map tiles, free maps are limited to (2,500 maps loads per day) - See Google Maps FAQ.
function initialize() {
// For more details see
// http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/styling.html
var noPOILabels = [
{
featureType: "poi",
elementType: "labels",
stylers: [ { visibility: "off" } ]
}
];
// Create a new StyledMapType object, passing it the array of styles,
// as well as the name to be displayed on the map type control.
var noPOIMapType = new google.maps.StyledMapType(noPOILabels,
{name: "NO POI"});
// Create a map object, and include the MapTypeId to add
// to the map type control.
var mapOptions = {
zoom: 11,
center: new google.maps.LatLng(55.6468, 37.581),
mapTypeControlOptions: {
mapTypeIds: [google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP, 'no_poi']
}
};
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map_canvas'),
mapOptions);
//Associate the styled map with the MapTypeId and set it to display.
map.mapTypes.set('no_poi', noPOIMapType);
map.setMapTypeId('no_poi');
}

Answer 4

This issue has been logged with google at:
http://code.google.com/p/gmaps-api-issues/issues/detail?id=3866
Please star and comment your needs on this issue there.

Answer 5

I understand that the OP wants a solution that persists the labels/icons but suspends the click events. I'm not sure this is possible; please star this issue
However, some of us are drawing shapes sans Drawing Manager and labels/icons are obstructing the additions of new points. If it meets your requirements, you can temporarily remove the icons/labels. I've found that transit, poi, and landscape all need to be toggled:
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"), {});
map.poi = function(state){
var styles = [
{
"featureType": "transit",
"stylers": [
{ "visibility": "off" }
]
},{
"featureType": "poi",
"stylers": [
{ "visibility": "off" }
]
},{
"featureType": "landscape",
"stylers": [
{ "visibility": "off" }
]
}
];
this.set("styles", (state)? {} : styles );
}
And the usage:
//turn the labels/icons off
map.poi(false);
//turn them back on
map.poi(true);

Answer 6

I understand that this question is old, but maybe this answer will help others:
I'm not sure if this is legal, but I ended up exploring the code and made this:
$("#google-map").on("mousedown",function(){
setTimeout(function(){
disableInfoWindows();
},500);
});
function disableInfoWindows()
{
$(".gm-iw.gm-sm").parent().parent().remove();
$("[style='position: absolute; left: -2px; top: -336px; width: 59px; height: 492px; -webkit-user-select: none; border: 0px; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;']")
.parent()
.parent()
.remove();
}
It worked for me, no infoWindow showing up, while preserving all the icons. Anyone who has an idea enhancing the code is welcome, the infoWindow is showing up just a bit the first time it is about to open, after that first one, it is completely gone.

Answer 7

Yeah, the other solutions work but you can also want to have ability to hide/disable only part of that pins or disable ability to go to details from popups, please see my post here with some tips how you can do that CLICK
Right, to sum up, if you want to "remove" popups, you can just use:
clickableIcons: false
for map options object. But if you want to have a popup, but without "View on Google Maps" label, you can use a hacky CSS trick:
google-map {
.view-link {
display: none !important;
}
}
That was my requirements, and it works!
If you want to define which icons/pins (elements or labels, however you call it) should be visible, you can use this site to generate proper JSON with map settings: https://mapstyle.withgoogle.com/