Place Icons

Select platform: Android iOS JavaScript Web Service

Place icons indicate the various types of places (for example coffee shops, libraries, and museums). You can request icons and their background colors using the Place Class.

Fields

Use the following fields to work with place icons:

Field	Place Class	Places Service
Icon	---	icon
Icon background color	iconBackgroundColor	icon_background_color
Icon mask URI	svgIconMaskURI	icon_mask_base_uri

• icon returns the URL for a colored 71px x 71px PNG icon (Places Service only).
• iconBackgroundColor and icon_background_color return the default HEX color code for the place icon's category.
• icon_mask_base_uri (Places Service) returns the base URL for a non-colored icon, minus the file type extension (append .svg or .png).
• svgIconMaskURI (Place Class) returns the base URL for a non-colored SVG icon.

Apply place icon and color to a marker

With Place Details, you can request a place icon and background color which you can apply to markers. The following example shows code to create a marker using place data by passing place.iconBackgroundColor to the PinElement.background option, and place.svgIconMaskURI to PinElement.glyph. Use place.location to place the marker in the correct location. This example also displays the place.displayName in the marker title.

TypeScript

// A marker customized using a place icon and color, name, and geometry.
const place = new Place({
    id: 'ChIJN5Nz71W3j4ARhx5bwpTQEGg',
});

// Call fetchFields, passing the desired data fields.
await place.fetchFields({ fields: ['location', 'displayName', 'svgIconMaskURI', 'iconBackgroundColor'] });

const pinElement = new PinElement({
    background: place.iconBackgroundColor,
    glyph: new URL(String(place.svgIconMaskURI)),
});

const placeIconMarkerView = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
    map,
    position: place.location,
    content: pinElement.element,
    title: place.displayName,
});
index.ts

Note: Read the guide on using TypeScript and Google Maps.

JavaScript

// A marker customized using a place icon and color, name, and geometry.
const place = new Place({
  id: "ChIJN5Nz71W3j4ARhx5bwpTQEGg",
});

// Call fetchFields, passing the desired data fields.
await place.fetchFields({
  fields: [
    "location",
    "displayName",
    "svgIconMaskURI",
    "iconBackgroundColor",
  ],
});

const pinElement = new PinElement({
  background: place.iconBackgroundColor,
  glyph: new URL(String(place.svgIconMaskURI)),
});
const placeIconMarkerView = new AdvancedMarkerElement({
  map,
  position: place.location,
  content: pinElement.element,
  title: place.displayName,
});
index.js

See the example

Place icon and background color requests

The following tables show all of the available place icons by category. By default these display with a black glyph. The icon background color is dictated by the place's category.

Place category: Food and drink (icon background color #FF9E67)
Bar, Night club	Cafe	Restaurant, Bakery
Place category: Retail (icon background color #4B96F3)
Books, Clothing, Electronics, Jewelry, Shoes, Shopping center/Mall	Convenience store	Grocery, Supermarket	Pharmacy
Place category: Services (icon background color #909CE1)
ATM	Bank	Gas	Lodging
Post office
Place category: Entertainment (icon background color #13B5C7)
Aquarium, Tourist	Golf	Historic	Movie
Museum	Theater
Place category: Transportation (icon background color #10BDFF)
Airport	Bus, rideshare, taxi	Train/Rail
Place category: Municipal/generic/religious (icon background color #7B9EB0)
Cemetery	Civic building	Library	Monument
Parking	School (primary, secondary, university)	Worship (Christian)
Worship (Hindu)	Worship (Islam)	Worship (Jain)	Worship (Jewish)
Worship (Sikh)	Generic business
Place category: Outdoor (icon background color #4DB546)
Boating	Camping	Park	Stadium
Zoo
Place category: Emergency (icon background color #F88181)
Hospital	Police