URL to one of the standard icons such as the following:ģ. In fact, if you create a custom icon style with any of the pal image URLs then Google Earth will automatically remap the The pal2 through pal5 icon groups were used by earlier versions of Google Earth and no longer part of the core icons. May incorrectly assume the actual location relative to the icon is at a different place on the map.Ģ. Some such callout then an explicit hotSpot *must* be defined in the IconStyle otherwise end-users If the custom icon implies an implicit hotspot such as having an arrow or X=0.5, xunits=fraction, y=0.5, yunits=fraction which places the center of a custom iconĪt the point's location. The default hotSpot for custom icons in KML is Hotspot at upper-right of icon at arrow-head tip The pushpin icons, for example, have the hotspot defined at the lower-left corner of the icon.Īdding the pushpin icon to a Placemark automatically creates an IconStyle with following settings: icon Left corner of the icon such that x=0, y=0 refers to the lower-left pixel in the icon image. The origin of the coordinate system is in the lower Orientation specified so the client knows where to place the icon with respect Icons are part of Google Earth application and included in the client distribution.Įach of these icons have a default HotSpot The first four groups of icons above (shapes through kml-icons) are the "standard" Google Earth icons. In a web browser and results in a HTTP 404 not found error.ġ. The URL can also be used in KMLįor the track icon style for the same behavior, but in this case the URL itself doesn't resolve if accessed directly The computed compass heading from the previous position. Using the icon (shown above) then the icon is dynamically changed to appropriate icon using If you specify to use the gx:Track extension as used for GPS-tracks and specify a Style
Note: The track icons are treated special in Google Earth. You can insert the URLs below into Google Earth when editing the icon for a given placemark or use in the KML you create programmically.Ĭlick any of the groups below to jump to that particular group of icons: The icons below are the official Google icons shown in one place for a handy reference. This is a useful cheat sheet showing all the standard icons to use in Google Earth, Google Maps, and other map related applications.Īll icons are PNG images and include standard symbols for weather, highway, roads, numbers, arrows, etc.
The following is a collection of icons Google makes available for Google Earth and Google Maps.
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