Google maps: place number in marker?

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User picture User · May 23, 2010 · Viewed 71k times · Source

How can I display a number in the marker on a google map? I want to do server side clustering and I need to display how many points the cluster represents.

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Jerome Jaglale picture Jerome Jaglale · May 23, 2012 
icon: 'http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?chst=d_map_pin_letter&chld=1|FE6256|000000'

Looks fine with 1-digit and 2-digit numbers

(from Mauro's link)

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