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 URLs for icons in PNG format, as well as the corresponding icon background color, with Current Place, and Place Details requests.

To request an icon image and background color for a place, include the following fields in your request:

  • GMSPlaceFieldIconImageURL
  • GMSPlaceFieldIconBackgroundColor

The following examples demonstrate using the icon image and background color from a Current Place or Place Details request:

Swift

let place: GMSPlace

// Icon image URL
let url = URL(string: place.iconImageUrl)
DispatchQueue.global().async {
    guard let url = url,
        let imageData = try? Data(contentsOf: url) else {
      print("Could not get image")
      return
    }
    DispatchQueue.main.async {
      let iconImage = UIImage(data: iconImageData)

      // Icon image background color
      let iconBackgroundView = UIView(frame: .zero)
      iconBackgroundView.backgroundColor = place.iconBackgroundColor

      // Change icon image color to white
      let templateImage = iconImage.imageWithRenderingMode(UIImageRenderingModeAlwaysTemplate)
      imageView.image = templateImage
      imageView.tintColor = UIColor.white
    }
}

Objective-C

GMSPlace *place;

dispatch_async(dispatch_get_global_queue(0, 0), ^{
  // Icon image URL
  NSData * iconImageData = [[NSData alloc] initWithContentsOfURL: [NSURL URLWithString: place.iconImageUrl]];
      if (!iconImageData)
          return;
      dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
        UIImage *iconImage = [UIImage imageWithData:iconImageData];

        // Icon image background color
        UIView *iconBackgroundView = [[UIView alloc] initWithFrame:CGRectZero];
        [iconBackgroundView setBackgroundColor:place.iconBackgroundColor];

        // Change icon image color to white
        iconImage = [iconImage imageWithRenderingMode:UIImageRenderingModeAlwaysTemplate];
        [imageView setTintColor:[UIColor whiteColor]];
      });
});

Fields

Each Place icon contains these fields:

  • iconImageUrl returns the base URL for a non-colored PNG icon.
  • iconBackgroundColor returns the default UIExtendedSRGBColorSpace color code for the place's category.

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