How to disable Google Map's Satellite view?
var myOptions = {
zoom: 2,
center: **Your LatLng object**,
mapTypeControlOptions: {
mapTypeIds: [google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP, google.maps.MapTypeId.HYBRID]
}, // here´s the array of controls
disableDefaultUI: true, // a way to quickly hide all controls
mapTypeControl: true,
scaleControl: true,
zoomControl: true,
zoomControlOptions: {
style: google.maps.ZoomControlStyle.LARGE
},
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
};
map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map_canvas"), myOptions); // displays in <article id="map_canvas"></article>
//map.mapTypeControl = false; // OPTIONAL: hides the map control
When you enable the map and passes the options to it, you have the chance to specify a mapTypeControlOptions. These have an Array that specifies what kind of maptype's you will allow the user to be able to see. It can be seen here http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/reference.html#MapTypeControlOptions.
If you don't want the user to have any options as to the maptypes, you can also specify that by setting the maps mapTypeControl to false.