Question

What is the best way to display users on Google maps? I need to display the avatar image (25x25px) and user name with clickable link to profile.

I keep searching in the api documentation but the markers and overlay options confuse me, what feature/option should I use?

Thank you.

Answer 1

The solution is MarkerImage. This link will help you.

var latlng = new google.maps.LatLng(lat, lng);
var marker = new google.maps.Marker({
    icon: new google.maps.MarkerImage('avatar.png', null, null, new google.maps.Point(13, 25)), // 13 stands for centering
    position: latlng
});