Google Maps with markers only

Question

I'm using Google Maps at the moment to visualize a graph, with nodes being markers and edges being polylines. The nodes are actual places with WGS coordinates. Now that I would like to add more information to this graph, the map background becomes a bit superfluous.

Is there a way to eliminate the map background and just keep the markers?

Many thanks, Cedric

Answer 1

Make a Custom Map Type with empty tiles:

documentation

example from the documentation (remove the numbers).