Custom icon not working on static map

[Massimiliano Biffi]

Hi,

I would like to show a custom icon on a static map. 

My icon is on a public URL, and I can get it with the browser. It is a 32x32 png image.

Once I try to show it on a static map the standard pin is displayed instead.

Here's the static map URL:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/api/staticmap?zoom=15&sensor=false&maptype=roadmap&size=660x320&markers=icon:http://maps.croydon.gov.uk/aya/pages/aya/images/map-icons/icon-home-32.png|51.3983681000963,-.125373116368881

Any ideas?

Thanks and regards

Massi

[Rossko]

> Any ideas?

The documentation
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/staticmaps/
under "custom icons" points out the importance of url encoding
In your link I can see
... markers=icon:http://maps.croydon. ...
note the : after the http

Maybe it is properly encoded in your webpage, and its just the group's
posting that has messed up, but can't tell as you haven't given a link
to your webpage.

[Rossko]

Actually I think I spoke tosh and the colon is okay; nevertheless it
would help to see the real thing.

[en4ce]

try a less deep path on your server, i also noticed there are 2
"aya/", when i remove one of these the pic gets displayed instead of
the cant compute error msg from google...weird

On 29 Jun., 16:13, Massimiliano Biffi <massibi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I would like to show a custom icon on a static map.
>
> My icon is on a public URL, and I can get it with the browser. It is a 32x32
> png image.
> Once I try to show it on a static map the standard pin is displayed instead.
>
> Here's the static map URL:
>

> http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/api/staticmap?zoom=15&sensor=false&mapt...51.3983681000963,-.125373116368881

[Massimiliano Biffi]

Thanks en4ce, 

you pointed me in the right direction.

I moved the image to another location and the new URL is now working. I think there's a bug on the Google side

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/api/staticmap?zoom=15&sensor=false&maptype=roadmap&size=660x320&markers=icon:http://maps.croydon.gov.uk/aya/images/icon-home-32.png|51.3983681000963,-.125373116368881

Regards

Massi

[Massimiliano Biffi]

Have an issue with another image served by a servlet

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/api/staticmap?zoom=15&sensor=false&maptype=roadmap&size=660x320&markers=icon:http://www.croydon.gov.uk/aya/disp/icon/?styleId=28557&group=0&width=32&height=32|shadow:false|51.3745636870039,-0.10690489435152

the image URL works fine by itself

http://www.croydon.gov.uk/aya/disp/icon/?styleId=28557&group=0&width=32&height=32, it produces a PNG image that should work fine.

I wonder if the static map doesn't accept parameters on the url...

Any help/hint appreciated

Thanks

Massi