gistfile1.js

// STYLED google map
var gMapStyles = [ { featureType: "all", elementType: "all", stylers: [ { visibility: "simplified" }, { hue: "#4d00ff" }, { saturation: -64 } ] } ];

var styledBase = new OpenLayers.Layer.Google(
    "Google Physical",
    // NOTE: this 'styled' ID should match the one defined below
    {type: 'styled'}
);
var styledMapOptions = {
    name: "Styled Map"
};
// created a google maps styled map type object
var styledMapType = new google.maps.StyledMapType(gMapStyles, styledMapOptions);


//Setup the map object
map = SHELL.Map.setupMap({
    //// we can pass in a string which will look up a layer defined in 
    //// static/coffee/config.coffee. possible values are:
    ////      'osm', 'google'
    //baseLayer: 'google',

    //// we can also pass in a layer object
    baseLayer: styledBase, 
    startingLocation: 'Western US'
});

// Setup the 'styled' map type here. Note the 'styled' ID matches the type
//  used in the Google layer above
styledBase.mapObject.mapTypes.set('styled', styledMapType);
styledBase.mapObject.setMapTypeId('styled');