Icon is supposed to have an <href> tag under it. msaz87 wrote: > I tried what you suggested and it doesn't seem to work... > > here's an excerpt of one placemark from a KML: > <Placemark> > <name>Cave Creek Rd. and Greenway Pkwy. </name> > <visibility>1</visibility> > <Style> > <icon>http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/mapfiles/ms/icons/green- > dot.png</icon> > </Style> > <Point> > <coordinates>-112.030764,33.631951,0</coordinates> > </Point> > </Placemark> > > But the KML still shows it as blue... as you can see here: > http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://www.radarrover.com/service/kml/test7.kml > > Any ideas? > > Thanks > > On Dec 8, 12:38 am, Brett DeWoody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> In your KML file there should be an <Icon> element that contains a URL >> that looks something like "http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/mapfiles/ >> ms/icons/blue-dot.png". The exact URL might be different, but it's >> pointing to some URL that contains the blue icon you're seeing. To >> change the icon, you just have to insert a different URL. >> >> Thankfully Google has provided a bunch of icons for us. Unfortunately >> I've never found a Google-supplied list of all their icons. But in >> your case it sounds like you just want to change the color of the >> icon. To change it to red, simply replace the URL in the <Icon> >> element with "http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/mapfiles/ms/icons/red- >> dot.png". So it would then look like: >> >> <Icon>http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/mapfiles/ms/icons/red-dot.png</ >> Icon> >> >> You can take guesses at what the URL for the other colored icons are, >> like:http://www.google.com/intl/en_us/mapfiles/ms/icons/green-dot.pnghttp://www.google.com/intl/en_us/mapfiles/ms/icons/orange-dot.pnghttp://www.google.com/intl/en_us/mapfiles/ms/icons/yellow-dot.png >> >> For more info and URLs for other Google-supplied icons go here >> -http://econym.googlepages.com/geicons.htm >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> -Brett >> >> On Dec 7, 11:33 pm, msaz87 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>> Hey all, >>> >>> I have a feeling this is a simple question... but I couldn't find an >>> answer anywhere... >>> >>> I'm having a map load some markers via KML, but I want some of them to >>> be green, some to be red, etc. I don't care about the markers being >>> custom, the standard type is fine -- just different colors. >>> >>> http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http://www.radarrover.com/service/kml/t... >>> is my attempt at figuring out different markers... and nothing really >>> worked. All I'm looking for is a way to color the blue markers >>> differently. >>> >>> Any help is appreciated. >>> >>> Thanks in advance! >>> > > > . > >
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