I'm trying to make a styled google map with just the Boston subway lines, land, and water. I set the visibility of everything to off, but some buildings are still showing up, and it looks like its only buildings with indoor maps.
Here is my code:
<html>
<head>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
    var lat = 42.3581;
    var long = -71.0636;
    google.maps.visualRefresh = true;
    function initialize()
    {
        var mapStyle =
        [
            {
                featureType: 'administrative',
                elementType: 'all',
                stylers:
                [
                    { visibility: 'off' }
                ]
            },
            {
                featureType: 'landscape',
                elementType: 'all',
                stylers:
                [
                    { visibility: 'off' }
                ]
            },
            {
                featureType: 'poi',
                elementType: 'all',
                stylers:
                [
                    { visibility: 'off' }
                ]
            },
            {
                featureType: 'road',
                elementType: 'all',
                stylers:
                [
                    { visibility: 'off' }
                ]
            },
            {
                featureType: 'transit',
                elementType: 'all',
                stylers:
                [
                    { visibility: 'off' }
                ]
            },
            {
                featureType: 'water',
                elementType: 'all',
                stylers:
                [
                    { visibility: 'off' }
                ]
            },
            {
                featureType: 'landscape',
                elementType: 'geometry',
                stylers:
                [
                    { color: '#ffffff' },
                    { visibility: 'on' }
                ]
            },
            {
                featureType: 'water',
                elementType: 'geometry',
                stylers:
                [
                    { color: '#e5e5e5' },
                    { visibility: 'on' }
                ]
            }
        ];
        var mapOptions =
        {
            center: new google.maps.LatLng(lat, long),
            mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP,
            zoom: 16,
            backgroundColor: '#ffffff',
            streetViewControl: false,
            mapTypeControl: false,
            panControl: false,
            zoomControl: false,
            scrollwheel: true,
            draggable: true
        };
        var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById("map-canvas"), mapOptions);
        var transitLayer = new google.maps.TransitLayer();
        transitLayer.setMap(map);
        var styledMapOptions = {name: 'Map'};
        var newMapType = new google.maps.StyledMapType(mapStyle, styledMapOptions);
        map.mapTypes.set('stylized', newMapType);
        map.setMapTypeId('stylized');
        onResize();
    }
    google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', initialize);
    function onResize()
    {
        document.getElementById("map-canvas").style.height = window.innerHeight - document.getElementById("map-canvas").getBoundingClientRect().top + 24 +"px";
    }
    </script>
</head>
<body onResize="onResize()">
    <div id="map-canvas"/>
</body>
</html>
I also tried this, which worked but it turned my transit layer off too, and I need the transit layer for the colored subway lines:
featureType: 'all',
elementType: 'all',
stylers:
[
    { visibility: 'off' }
]
The only way I found to achive this, is to disable everything and then putting each major style section back to visible afterwards in the styles json.
You can use the following as a reset styles json to remove indoor maps
[
  {"stylers": [ {"visibility": "off" } ] },
  {"featureType": "water","stylers": [{"visibility": "on"} ] },
  {"featureType": "poi","stylers": [ {"visibility": "on"} ]},
  {"featureType": "transit","stylers": [{ "visibility": "on"}] },
  { "featureType": "landscape","stylers": [ { "visibility": "on" } ] },
  { "featureType": "road", "stylers": [{ "visibility": "on" } ] },
  { "featureType": "administrative",  "stylers": [{ "visibility": "on" } ] },
  /* followed by your style if you have specific styles
    , otherwise remove the last comma */
]
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