If your main requirement is *custom icons per location*, use the *Google Maps JS API* directly (not GeoChart). You’ll have full control over:
- Marker icons (any image or SVG) - Info windows - Event handling - Layers and clustering Why not GeoChart? Because it's primarily for data *visualization*, not adding custom UI like different marker images. On Sunday, 17 August 2025 at 22:44:59 UTC+10 Robert Seymour wrote: > I created a world map for cities the of my BirdBreath cartoon followers. > https://birdbreath.com/scripts/map2.php > > The markers are by default, too large. > > I want to use instead, my own marker. > > I tried using the displayMode: 'markers', option with the icons option > and it ignores the latter. > > Any suggestions? > > I would appreciate any suggestions, you may have. > > Thanks > Robert > > > var options = { > displayMode: 'markers', > defaultColor: 'red', > icons: { > default: { > normal: 'http://birdbreath.com/images1/red_dot.png', > selected: 'http://birdbreath.com/images1/red_dot.png' > } > } > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Visualization API" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-visualization-api/74c2295f-e453-4880-9a57-8f939618f157n%40googlegroups.com.
