Have you looked at the documentation online for custom icons? that was just an idea and not actual code to use.
try changing GIcon(baseIcon) to GIcon() the first example will not work, the 2nd one should if you have the right location specified, localhost would not work on the web On Nov 6, 11:32 am, Irishman2020 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I attempted to do so, here's the code that I tried: > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > //<![CDATA[ > var map; > var icon = new GIcon(baseIcon); > icon.image = "http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/mapfiles/ms/micons/ > blue-dot.png" > var marker = new GMarker(point, icon); > var geocoder; > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > That gave error: On Line 13: Error: 'baseIcon' is undefined > > ****** > I also tried " > icon.image = "http://localhost/custom_"; + type + ".png" > > and "dealer" is a type that I have set and I have an icon labeled > custom_dealer.png Either one gives the error on Line 13: Error: > 'baseIcon' is undefined > > On Nov 5, 5:55 pm, nimo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > something like this should work > > > var icon = new GIcon(baseIcon); > > icon.image = "http://www.your_domain.com/images/marker_"; + type + > > ".png"; > > var marker = new GMarker(point, icon); > > > On Nov 5, 2:11 pm, Irishman2020 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I apologize, but I don't understand the second half of what you said. > > > Could you show that in the coding of the example that I posted? I'm > > > not very code savvy to be honest.... I'm learning as I go, but it > > > helps to have the code shown to me as I dont understand the code very > > > much. > > > > On Nov 5, 11:25 am, nimo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > you can have the value in the type field be the name of the colored > > > > marker image. > > > > > lets say you want to have blue and red colored markers. in the type > > > > field specify either blue or red for the value. then have two colored > > > > icon images files, one labeled blue.gif and another named red.gif. in > > > > your coded before creating the marker define the icon value by > > > > concatenating the type value with .gif and pass that into function > > > > that add the marker to the map. > > > > > On Nov 5, 9:07 am, Irishman2020 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >http://code.google.com/apis/maps/articles/phpsqlsearch.html > > > > > I followed this tutorial to a T, but I was wanting to add different > > > > > colored markers for different types of locations. I have the table > > > > > laid out exactly as they described, with an addition of a "type" field > > > > > (you can see that in the image of the import that they had shown, but > > > > > they didn't put this in the tuturial for some reason...). I would > > > > > like to have 2 different types with 2 different colored markers, the > > > > > simpler I can code this the better, as I'm not an experienced coder. > > > > > How can I make 2 different entries in the "type" field produce 2 > > > > > different colored markers? If you could post the code and where it > > > > > would fit in the example on the link above, I would appreciate it. I > > > > > am not able to host the actual code I have at this time, as my hosting > > > > > site is down. I'm having to test this on localhost until I can re- > > > > > host it again. Thanks!- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" 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-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
