How to find current zoom level in a Google Map?
If you have a map object like this: var mapObject = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById(“map”), _mapOptions); use mapObject.getZoom();
google-maps-api-3
Google Maps API 3 – Custom marker color for default (dot) marker
You can dynamically request icon images from the Google charts api with the urls: http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?chst=d_map_pin_letter&chld=%E2%80%A2|FE7569 Which looks like this: the image is 21×34 pixels and the pin tip is at position (10, 34) And you’ll also want a separate shadow image (so that it doesn’t overlap nearby icons): http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?chst=d_map_pin_shadow Which looks like this: the image … Read more