<div id="map" style="height:500px"></div>
// create map and polyline var map, polyline; map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map"), { zoom: 15, center: new google.maps.LatLng(40.77333,-73.9723), mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP }); polyline = new google.maps.Polyline({ map: map, path: [ new google.maps.LatLng(40.77153,-73.97722), new google.maps.LatLng(40.77803,-73.96657) ] }); polyline.edit();