Using a custom image marker on google static map?

Question

how to have custom image marker on google static map, i need url format:

this is what i have tried, but its having default marker image http://maps.google.com/maps/a

Answer 1

According to the documentation you can specify custom icons like so:

markers=icon:...

e.g. amending your URL:

http://maps.google.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=25.3176452,82.97391440000001,&zoom=15&markers=icon:http://www.megaadresse.com/images/icons/google-maps.png|25.3176452,82.97391440000001&path=color:0x0000FF80|weight:5|25.3176452,82.97391440000001&size=175x175

Gives you:

PS: the sensor parameter is no longer required.

PPS: also you seemed to have specified the same coordinates twice in your markers parameter, so it was actually drawing two markers on the same location.