Changing Google Maps marker icon to custom icon
I have been developing a site using Adobe muse, I have chosen to implement a customised Google Map on the company's contact page. I have done so using some basic javascript, inserted into the Muse document by inserting 'HTML Element' within there I have my JS.
I should also mention I have the Google Maps API (with my relevant key) linked in the 'head' of the page, via the page's Metadata (accessed via Page > Page Properties > Metadata within Muse).
Following the guides supplied by Google, I have created a custom map and then applied some extra styling, using JS generated through [https://snazzymaps.com].
My problem arises in trying to replace the default marker icon, with my own marker created in illustrator (stored locally on my iMac), I've followed a load of different guides and tried multiple ways of implementing the custom icon, but have had no luck whatsoever - can someone please show me where I'm going wrong? It'd be much appreciated.
Here's how my JS looks within the Muse HTML Element >
<script>
function initMap() {
var myLatLng = {lat: 51.454137, lng: -2.473673};
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('u64615'),{
zoom: 16,
center: myLatLng,
styles:
[
{
"featureType": "administrative",
"elementType": "labels.text.fill",
"stylers": [
{
"color": "#444444"
}
]
},
{
"featureType": "landscape",
"elementType": "all",
"stylers": [
{
"color": "#f2f2f2"
}
]
},
{
"featureType": "poi",
"elementType": "all",
"stylers": [
{
"visibility": "off"
}
]
},
{
"featureType": "poi",
"elementType": "geometry",
"stylers": [
{
"visibility": "off"
}
]
},
{
"featureType": "poi",
"elementType": "geometry.fill",
"stylers": [
{
"color": "#f10019"
},
{
"visibility": "simplified"
}
]
},
{
"featureType": "poi",
"elementType": "labels",
"stylers": [
{
"visibility": "off"
}
]
},
{
"featureType": "poi",
"elementType": "labels.text",
"stylers": [
{
"visibility": "simplified"
},
{
"color": "#f10019"
}
]
},
{
"featureType": "poi",
"elementType": "labels.icon",
"stylers": [
{
"visibility": "off"
}
]
},
{
"featureType": "poi.attraction",
"elementType": "all",
"stylers": [
{
"visibility": "off"
}
]
},
{
"featureType": "poi.business",
"elementType": "all",
"stylers": [
{
"visibility": "off"
}
]
},
{
"featureType": "poi.business",
"elementType": "geometry",
"stylers": [
{
"visibility": "off"
}
]
},
{
"featureType": "poi.business",
"elementType": "geometry.fill",
"stylers": [
{
"visibility": "simplified"
},
{
"color": "#f10019"
}
]
},
{
"featureType": "poi.business",
"elementType": "geometry.stroke",
"stylers": [
{
"visibility": "off"
}
]
},
{
"featureType": "poi.business",
"elementType": "labels",
"stylers": [
{
"visibility": "off"
}
]
},
{
"featureType": "poi.business",
"elementType": "labels.text",
"stylers": [
{
"visibility": "on"
}
]
},
{
"featureType": "poi.business",
"elementType": "labels.icon",
"stylers": [
{
"visibility": "off"
},
{
"weight": "0.01"
}
]
},
{
"featureType": "poi.government",
"elementType": "all",
"stylers": [
{
"visibility": "off"
}
]
},
{
"featureType": "poi.medical",
"elementType": "all",
"stylers": [
{
"visibility": "off"
}
]
},
{
"featureType": "poi.park",
"elementType": "all",
"stylers": [
{
"visibility": "off"
}
]
},
{
"featureType": "poi.place_of_worship",
"elementType": "all",
"stylers": [
{
"visibility": "off"
}
]
},
{
"featureType": "poi.school",
"elementType": "all",
"stylers": [
{
"visibility": "off"
}
]
},
{
"featureType": "poi.sports_complex",
"elementType": "all",
"stylers": [
{
"visibility": "off"
}
]
},
{
"featureType": "road",
"elementType": "all",
"stylers": [
{
"saturation": -100
},
{
"lightness": 45
},
{
"visibility": "on"
}
]
},
{
"featureType": "road.highway",
"elementType": "all",
"stylers": [
{
"visibility": "simplified"
}
]
},
{
"featureType": "road.arterial",
"elementType": "all",
"stylers": [
{
"visibility": "on"
}
]
},
{
"featureType": "road.arterial",
"elementType": "labels.icon",
"stylers": [
{
"visibility": "off"
}
]
},
{
"featureType": "transit",
"elementType": "all",
"stylers": [
{
"visibility": "off"
}
]
},
{
"featureType": "water",
"elementType": "all",
"stylers": [
{
"color": "#163742"
},
{
"visibility": "on"
}
]
}]
});
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: myLatLng,
map: map,
title: 'Precision Profiles Manufacturing'
});
var contentString =
'<div>'+
'<div>'+
'</div>'+
'<h1 style = "font-size:20px;padding-bottom:10px;"><b>Precision Profiles Manuafcturing</b></h1>'+
'<div id="bodyContent">'+
'<p>The regions leading supplier of aircraft and precision engineering solutions.<p>'+
'</div>'+
'</div>';
var infowindow = new google.maps.InfoWindow({
content: contentString,
maxWidth: 200,
maxHeight: 400,
});
marker.addListener('click', function() {
infowindow.open(map, marker);
}); } </script>
Answer
A quick look through the Google Maps API would get you to this page.
Delving deeper into the API, you can see that when you instantiate a new google.maps.Marker there will be an optional property named icon:. This is where you can specify a string path to the directory in which you store the image you'd like to use.
So in full, the code to instantiate a new marker class would be:
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
position: myLatLng,
map: map,
icon: "https://your_domain.com/your_directory/your_image.jpg",
title: 'Precision Profiles Manufacturing'
});