Try the Charts API: http://code.google.com/apis/chart/docs/gallery/dynamic_icons.html#pins
Chris On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Iam Anonymous <[email protected] > wrote: > I have an application that creates a map as a single html file that I want > to be able to archive and to email to people. An implication of this is > that it can't reference other files because those files won't be present > when the html file is opened by the recipient. > > So ... now I would like to customize the marker icons. The only way I can > see to do this is by referencing web urls that will be reliable over time. > This is especially important because from testing I see that if a custom > marker link is broken I don't get the default marker. I get nothing. > > I have found a couple of icon libraries at Google, like > http://gmaps-samples.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/markers/ but the > "gmaps-samples" portion of the link does not give me a sense of permanence. > I would like something more like "guaranteed-icons/google.com" :-) > > Is there such a thing as a permanent icon library, preferably maintained by > Google? > > Also, is there some way I can test a link within the Javascript to > determine whether the icon is there or not? I am relatively new to the > language but if I could do this, then I could omit the "icon:" reference to > a missing icon and let the map revert to the Google default. > > TIA > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-maps-js-api-v3%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en.
