On Apr 17, 1:20 pm, e <[email protected]> wrote: > I thought that gicons was just the variable I was defining and it > could be anything at all? then point, icons would call the marker and > make it use the icons variable i'd defined - I'm used to PHP, sorry, > but I'm over my head. I've changed the array to > > // Create our colored marker icons > var GIcons=[]; > GIcons["red"] = new GIcon("mapicons/marker_red.png"); > GIcons["blue"] = new GIcon("mapicons/marker_blue.png");
The GIcon constructor takes a GIcon as its first argument. If you are going to pass in the URL of an image, that would be the second argument... See Mike Williams' tutorial: Part 9 Making your own custom markers. http://econym.org.uk/gmap/custom.htm For what parameters are _required_. > > I've read the reference, really I have, but I really don't understand > it. > > The reference says > GMarker(latlng:GLatLng, opts?:GMarkerOptions) > > Right, so i'm using > > var marker = new GMarker(point, {GIcons:icon}); > > Google uses this > > var marker = new GMarker(point, options); > > herehttp://googlemapsapi.blogspot.com/2007/03/march-marker-madness-gmarke... > > I've played with this and I don't see how my code is that far off? > (bangs head on keyboard) > > On Apr 17, 8:45 pm, marcelo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Apr 17, 9:38 pm, e <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > From the sample code on this page > > > >http://econym.org.uk/gmap/basic16.htm > > > > (which is heavily referenced on this group...) > > > "gicons" in that page is not a magic word, and it is not used the way > > you are using it. > > It is a variable name, and also the page is pretty old, so it is old > > syntax. > > > When in doubt, always look at the reference first. (same link I posted > > earlier):http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/reference.html#GMarker > > > Notice that there are two constructors listed. > > The first one is grayed out, which means it is deprecated. You should > > use the second. > > > -- > > Marcelo -http://maps.forum.nu > > -- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
