Google Maps plugin for Craft CMS

Setting Marker Icons

To customize a marker icon, you can set either a string or an array of options (opens new window).

  1. As a string - Specify only the path to your marker icon file.
map.markers(locations, {
    'icon': '/path/to/marker.png'
});
  1. As an array of options - Specify an array of parameters from Google's native Icon interface (opens new window).
map.markers(locations, {
    'icon': {
        'url': '/path/to/marker.png'
    }
});

Google Maps API Documentation

For more information, see the Google Maps API docs... (opens new window)

# Control the size of a marker icon

Configure the icon as an array, specifying scaledSize to control the marker size.

// Specify the dimensions of a marker icon
map.markers(locations, {
    'icon': {
        'url': '/path/to/marker.png',
        'scaledSize': {'width': 30, 'height': 40}
    }
});

# Set icons for a batch of markers

If you've got multiple groups of markers, you can specify a different icon for each batch of markers.

// Get all bars & restaurants
var bars        = {'lat': 37.2430548, 'lng': -115.7930198}; // Coords only in JS
var restaurants = {'lat': 57.3009274, 'lng':   -4.4496567}; // Coords only in JS

// Create a dynamic map (with no markers)
var map = googleMaps.map();

// Add all bar markers
map.markers(bars, {
    'icon': '/images/bar-icon.png'
});

// Add all restaurant markers
map.markers(restaurants, {
    'icon': '/images/restaurant-icon.png'
});

// Display map (inject into `#my-map-container`)
map.tag({'parentId': 'my-map-container'});

# Set icon for an existing marker

It's also possible to change the icon of an existing marker:

map.setMarkerIcon(markerId, icon);

Marker ID formula

The default formula for a markerId is as follows:

    '[ELEMENT ID]-[FIELD HANDLE]' // eg: '101-myAddressField'

Read more about the setMarkerIcon method.

Get the Marker IDs

To see the existing marker IDs (if you didn't manually specify them), do the following:

  1. Put the site into devMode (opens new window).
  2. View the JS console while the map is being rendered.

In the JavaScript console, you should see a complete play-by-play of every map component being created. Simply copy & paste the marker ID's you need from there, or take note of the pattern for your own needs.

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