Background colour can be controlled by using the BackgroundColor (note
US spelling) property. See 
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/reference.html#MapOptions.
There are also style variables that alter other aspects of the map
styling. There are loads of examples in the tutorials.

On Aug 11, 11:26 pm, pehrlich <[email protected]> wrote:
> hello!
>
> I'm working on a visualization project (similar to kayak.com's map
> widget), in which has dots appear on a map embedded within a page.
> The map takes up most of the page but is of variable/dynamic size.
> Ideally it would be a single world view - always showing all the
> continents, and fitting the map wrapper zooming to fit.
>
> Unfortunately there are integer zoom levels, making flexible zoom to
> fit impossible.  Because of this it would be nice to hide repeated
> continents (there should be no asia past alaska on the left side of
> the map, or vise versa on the right.)  Similarly, who needs
> antarctica ;-)
>
> Is this possible? Can it be done by adding overlays to black out
> areas?
>
> On a side note - is it possible to set the background-color of a map?
> That is, when you zoom all the way out, it is gray behind the map
> tiles - can that be changed to black?
>
> Cheers, and thanks for the help!!
> --Peter

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