def gmap(google_api_key, map_options, **kwargs):
    ''' Create a new :class:`~bokeh.plotting.gmap.GMap` for plotting.

    Args:
        google_api_key (str):
            Google requires an API key be supplied for maps to function. See:

            https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/get-api-key

        map_options: (GMapOptions)
            Configuration specific to a Google Map

    In addition to the standard :class:`~bokeh.plotting.gmap.GMap` keyword
    arguments (e.g. ``plot_width`` or ``sizing_mode``), the following
    additional options can be passed as well:

    .. bokeh-options:: GMapFigureOptions
        :module: bokeh.plotting.gmap

    Returns:
       GMap

    '''

    return GMap(api_key=google_api_key, map_options=map_options, **kwargs)