Question

I have a map with custom marker images. The image I’m using is semi transparent. When I display it in the map only a small triangle show in the bottom right of where is icon should be.

Can semitransparent images be used as imagemarkers in google maps?

Answer 1

Yes transparent images can be used as custom marker images. It’s good practice to specify the size of the image when creating the image object e.g.

 var customMarkerImage = new google.maps.MarkerImage('image.png', new google.maps.Size(20, 20), null, new google.maps.Point(10, 10));

This may also resolve your problem with the image partially displaying.