Google maps: place number in marker?

Question

How can I display a number in the marker on a google map? I want to do server side clustering and I need to display how many points the cluster represents.

Answer 1

Here are custom icons with the updated "visual refresh" style that you can generate quickly via a simple .vbs script. I also included a large pre-generated set that you can use immediately with multiple color options: https://github.com/Concept211/Google-Maps-Markers

Use the following format when linking to the GitHub-hosted image files:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Concept211/Google-Maps-Markers/master/images/marker_[color][character].png

color

red, black, blue, green, grey, orange, purple, white, yellow

character

A-Z, 1-100, !, @, $, +, -, =, (%23 = #), (%25 = %), (%26 = &), (blank = •)

Examples:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Concept211/Google-Maps-Markers/master/images/marker_red1.png

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Concept211/Google-Maps-Markers/master/images/marker_blue2.png

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Concept211/Google-Maps-Markers/master/images/marker_green3.png