Google provides some default reddish icons for their Google Maps app, but no other colours besides those. This proved to be rather a nuisance, since a client requested precisely that.
So… 260 images manually created later, I’m done. What a PAIN! So for anyone else needing this, click here to download the files. The zipfile contains all A-Z .png’s in the 10 colours seen below, as well as a .psd if you need to change them from A-Z to 1-100 or whatever. Hope it comes in useful!
This is freely available under MIT or GPL licenses. Whichever you prefer: no restrictions. Use it commercially if you want.
Very useful, thanks a lot! I can’t believe you did them all by hand, there must have been an easier way…
Thanks for sharing, appreciate your time and effort
Thanks for all your effort….been-there-done-that! Your colors and font are SO CLEAR compared to others.
The .psd file would not open in my PSP…I know i am too cheap…it usually does open them but there must be vectoring in your markers…yah?
If I can’t get it i’ll make my own in PSP : 1.) what font and font size did you use?
Again thanks…you saved me tons of time.
Kent
No worries, Kent! Pity you can’t open the files – not sure why, though… I don’t *think* it’s using any vectors… but maybe I am, who knows (the intracies of photoshop still bewilder me to this day).
The font is just Arial, size 13 with the “Strong” option.
All the best –
Ben
Thanks for sharing! I think I’ll take advantage of the extra sets of colors if I need more than 26 markers … so maybe start off with A-Z in red for the first 26 markers, then go to A-Z in blue for the next 26 markers, etc.
Wow, thanks, I just put them to use on my new site http://802.11maps.com/
Thank for the work! It’s much better than the PNG file I tried to create.
I’m a newbie at this but where do I store the icons and how should i set the icons and icon atributes for googlemap on my wiki?
Thanks! ;) It just came in very handy!! Greetings from Switzerland!
Wow! Thanks! These just saved me a *ton* of work.
Thanks so much! I was surfing around mapki looking for a quick way to make a gray marker, but all the apps out there for marker generation create really low quality pixilated images. I just opened your psd and replaced the red with gray – beautiful and clear! You saved me mucho time.
EXTREMELY useful! Thank you!
Thanks a lot for a great work!!!
Thank you for markers. Any other size or shape?
‘fraid not, sorry!
Hey! Thanks very much dude! This really helped!!!
Thanks for that, saved me the time making my own – much appreciated!
Nice one, saved me some time :)
Thanks for sharing them. They are really useful.
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
lovely markers thank you! i used a handful.
Thanks for putting these on the net! They really helped – can’t figure out why the choices in GMaps are so limited. Best wishes, and may you always find what you need on the net!
many thanks Ben – very useful
Hey, thanks for this. Though I went a step further and saved PNGs of the letters and PNGs of the blank backgrounds. Now I only have 36 images instead of 260+. I just do this:
Then I position the div where I need it :) Great work with this, it saved me LOADS of time! :)
darn! html tags were taken out… a simple view, not real html in any case :)
[div id=pin_a]
[image position:absolute src=red.png /]
[image position:absolute src=a.png /]
[/div]
Thank you ever so much on behalf of my students who can now take a virtual field trip.
Thank you for sharing it to the world! Wow lots of combinations!! Yet they are all in harmony!!!
Oh by the way, what is the font type?
Hi,
Thank you for the wonderful job done !!!
Just what I was looking for. Thanks ever so much!
Thank you for the nice markers!
Nice job! And very generous of you to share. Thanks so much!
Fantastic. This is exactly what I was looking for while fearing if I have to do myself. :-)
Thanks for your work. I’ll use these markers on my intranet :)
Thanks so much, especially for the psd. Saved me a bunch of time.
Great Work. Thanks!
Can you send me, the red_letterS in big size?
It’s for print it like a poster!
Thanks again!!
Thank you!
Thanks for the great effort
Many thanks for this great timesaver.
Thank you so much for this, REALLY handy and the hard work is appreciated!
So annoying you can’t set different colours in the GMaps API!!
Cheers
how do i link to the images to use them on google maps?
Thanks for sharing. :-)
Thanks so much! Just what I needed.
Thanks. Awesome!
thanks for sharing, i use it !!
Awesome! Thanks.
Thanks so much, just what I needed!
What a great job!! And how many beers did it take? :)
Thanks for sharing!
Hi everybody!
I’ve just downloaded the icons’ set, but how can I upload them in my maps?
thanks!!!
thanks!! what a great share! keep up the good work!