Rectangles

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JavaScript

// This example adds a red rectangle to a map.

function initialize() {
  var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map-canvas'), {
    zoom: 11,
    center: new google.maps.LatLng(33.678176, -116.242568),
    mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.TERRAIN
  });

  var rectangle = new google.maps.Rectangle({
    strokeColor: '#FF0000',
    strokeOpacity: 0.8,
    strokeWeight: 2,
    fillColor: '#FF0000',
    fillOpacity: 0.35,
    map: map,
    bounds: new google.maps.LatLngBounds(
      new google.maps.LatLng(33.671068, -116.25128),
      new google.maps.LatLng(33.685282, -116.233942))
  });
}

google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);

JavaScript + HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no">
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Rectangles</title>
    <style>
      html, body, #map-canvas {
        height: 100%;
        margin: 0px;
        padding: 0px
      }
    </style>
    <script src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?v=3.exp&signed_in=true"></script>
    <script>
// This example adds a red rectangle to a map.

function initialize() {
  var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map-canvas'), {
    zoom: 11,
    center: new google.maps.LatLng(33.678176, -116.242568),
    mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.TERRAIN
  });

  var rectangle = new google.maps.Rectangle({
    strokeColor: '#FF0000',
    strokeOpacity: 0.8,
    strokeWeight: 2,
    fillColor: '#FF0000',
    fillOpacity: 0.35,
    map: map,
    bounds: new google.maps.LatLngBounds(
      new google.maps.LatLng(33.671068, -116.25128),
      new google.maps.LatLng(33.685282, -116.233942))
  });
}

google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);

    </script>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="map-canvas"></div>
  </body>
</html>