Just to update this thread with what I discovered after playing around with the values;
The "hotSpot" tag withing IconStyle does not do what had I first imagined, that is, work like a html hotspot on an old-fashioned image map. It contains settings which allow you to specify the position your icon lines up against the lat, lng point on the map it is fixed to. I had created quite small icons to compete for users attention roughly at the same level as the Google bus stop icons on the map base, they held information but it was more "supporting information", hence their size of 12x20 pixels (with their shadow). This worked very well in Gmaps V2, and I can simulate it in V3 as William points out their live clickable area extends to 32x32 pixels. So if you are in the same boat creating an icon less that 32x32, open up your original image, put it onto a 32x32 transparent square, slide the shadow under your icon (you might as well), save it and put it online where Google can get to it. Manipulate the hotSpot values if you need to nudge the icon in any particular direction otherwise it fixes itself at bottom-left-corner. http://code.google.com/apis/kml/documentation/kmlreference.html#iconstyle -- 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.
