Finally found the straight forward ans to this http://groups.google.com/group/google-chart-api/web/chart-types-for-map-pins Thiss should be right on the v3 docs pages for images right here http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/reference.html#MarkerImage if any google ites are reading this should not have taken me weeks to stumple across this an simple hint link in the ref docs & I would seen the light w/o any doc just a link on the MarkerImage right beside the url:string would dot it
To get a standard map pin with a letter inside, use an URL like http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?chst=d_map_pin_letter&chld=A|FF0000|000000 The chld URL argument contains several components separated by "|". The meaning of each component is: 1. letter to put in the map pin, for example A, b, or 9. This must be in UTF-8, and then URL-escaped, so, for example, to get a space you must type +, to get a plus sign you must type %2B, to get љ you must type %D1%99, and to get 駅 you must type %E9%A7%85. 2. pin fill color, as a 6-digit hexadecimal number, for example 000000 for black, FF0000 for red, FFFFFF for white, or FFFF00 for yellow. 3. text color, also as a 6-digit hexadecimal number. On Sep 9, 8:01 am, Tee Cee <[email protected]> wrote: > Can any body tell me if MapIconMaker.js has been ported to v3 or > exists in beta somewhere > or is there any known open src 3rd party marker icon maker lib that > will simplify the creation/management/ > > The goal is straight forward I want to > 1) name the icons as A...Z or 1..N > 2) change icon colors > 3) add labels above/beside icons -- 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.
