Add a milkyway and stars background to the globe

Use the space preset option in the map constructor to provide a more realistic space background for your maps.

This option only takes effect when used in conjunction with the projection: 'globe' parameter.

In this example, we’ll use a Milky Way background, but you can choose: star backgrounds, space backgrounds, and more. See all the predefined presets backgrounds.


npm install --save @maptiler/sdk

main.js

import { Map, MapStyle, config } from '@maptiler/sdk';
import '@maptiler/sdk/dist/maptiler-sdk.css';

config.apiKey = 'YOUR_MAPTILER_API_KEY_HERE';
const map = new Map({
  container: 'map', // container's id or the HTML element in which the SDK will render the map
  style: MapStyle.SATELLITE,
  projection: "globe",
  zoom: 1,
  center: [75.9, 26.9],
  space: {
    preset: "milkyway-bright"
  }
});

index.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta name="robots" content="noindex">
  <title>Add a milkyway and stars background to the globe | NPM example</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="./style.css">
</head>
<body>
  <div id="map"></div>
  <script type="module" src="./main.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

style.css

body {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

#map {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  bottom: 0;
  width: 100%;
}

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8" />
  <title>Globe with space background</title>
  <meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1,maximum-scale=1,user-scalable=no" />
  <script src="https://cdn.maptiler.com/maptiler-sdk-js/v4.1.0/maptiler-sdk.umd.min.js"></script>
  <link href="https://cdn.maptiler.com/maptiler-sdk-js/v4.1.0/maptiler-sdk.css" rel="stylesheet" />
  <style>
    body {
      margin: 0;
      padding: 0;
    }

    #map {
      position: absolute;
      top: 0;
      bottom: 0;
      width: 100%;
    }
  </style>
</head>

<body>
  <div id="map"></div>
  <script>
    maptilersdk.config.apiKey = 'YOUR_MAPTILER_API_KEY_HERE';
    const map = new maptilersdk.Map({
      container: 'map', // container's id or the HTML element in which the SDK will render the map
      style: maptilersdk.MapStyle.SATELLITE,
      projection: "globe",
      zoom: 1,
      center: [75.9, 26.9],
      space: {
        preset: "milkyway-bright"
      }
    });
  </script>
</body>

</html>