| Common properties | |
|---|---|
| width | The width of the map in pixels. Height is adjusted automatically. |
| background_color | The color of the background. White by default. |
| background_transparent | Makes it possible to see content behind the map. ['yes', 'no'] |
| label_color | The color of state abbreviation labels. |
| pop_ups | 'detect' - the map automatically detects mobile devices and shows them pop-ups on click and generates a link to the defined url.
'on_hover' - pop-ups always appear on hover. 'on_click' - pop-ups always appear on click. 'off' - pop-ups never appear. |
Note: Depending on the map, state could refer to a state, province or country.
| State defaults (can be overwritten for individual states) | |
|---|---|
| state_color | Default color of states. (e.g. 'blue' or '#0000FF') |
| state_description | Default description for states. This will fill up the popup and can include HTML/CSS. |
| state_hover_color | Default color of states upon hover. (e.g. 'darkblue' or '#000066') |
| state_url | Default url when states are clicked. (e.g. 'http://simplemaps.com') |
| all_states_inactive | If "yes" all states are inactive by default. This means hovering or clicking on a state has no effect. |
| Location defaults (can be overwritten for individual locations) | |
|---|---|
| location_color | Default color of locations. (e.g. 'blue' or '#0000FF') |
| location_description | Default description for locations. This will fill up the popup and can include HTML/CSS. |
| location_url | Default url when locations are clicked. (e.g. 'http://simplemaps.com') |
| location_size | The width of location squares. 12 by default. |
| location_type | Shape of location markers. ['square', 'circle'] | location_image_source | If location_type is set to 'image', this is the name of the image which must be placed in the map_images folder. [e.g. 'frog.png'] |
| location_opacity | The opacity of the location. [0-1] |
| all_locations_inactive | If "yes" all locations are inactive by default. This means hovering or clicking on a location has no effect. |
| Advanced properties (most people can ignore these) | |
|---|---|
| div | The id of the div that will be replaced by the map when the page loads. 'map' by default. |
| hide_labels | 'yes' makes all of the labels disappear. |
| border_color | Color of state borders. White by default. If the border color is the same as state_color it will not be possible to distinguish individual state boundaries. |
| border_size | The width of the stroke for state borders. 1.5 by default. It is often desirable to change this property if you make the map much larger or smaller than it's default settings. |
| url_new_tab | 'no' open urls in the same window. 'yes' open urls in new tab. |
| auto_load | 'yes' means the map will load itself automatically. 'no' prevents the map from loading unless it is loaded manually using the JavaScript API. |
| zoom | 'yes' enables region-level zooming. 'no' disables zooming. By default, zooming is enabled when regions exist. |
| initial_zoom | The region the map should open to. '-1' is zoomed out. |
| initial_zoom_solo | 'yes' hides the back arrow and adjacent continents when initial_zoom is not -1. |
| all_states_zoomable | When set to 'yes', clicking on a state will zoom into that state instead of redirecting the page to the url. 'no' by default. |
| js_hooks | Tells the map whether to call JavaScript functions on the page. 'no' by default. |
| arrow_color | The color of the back arrow that can be clicked to zoom out. Blue by default. |
| arrow_color_border | The color of the border of the back arrow that can be clicked to zoom out. Dark blue by default. |
| Pop-up/tooltip styling (customize the look of the pop-ups) | |
|---|---|
| popup_color | The color of the pop-up background. 'white' by default. |
| popup_opacity | The opacity of the pop-up. .9 by default. 1 is opaque. 0 is transparent. [0-1]. |
| popup_shadow | The size of the pop-up drop shadow. 1 by default. 0 removes the drop shadow. 2 would double the size of the default drop shadow. Note: IE 7 and 8 are unable to show the drop shadow. |
| popup_corners | The radius of the rounded corners. 5 by default. 0 will make the pop-ups rectangles. Note: IE 7 and 8 do not support rounded corners and will always show rectangular pop-ups. |
| popup_font | The default font for the pop-up. '12px/1.5 Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif' by default. |
| popup_nocss | 'yes' turns off all css for the pop-up. You must then set your own css styles. |
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