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 or SVG format, as well as the corresponding icon background color, with Find Place, Place Details, Nearby Search, and Text Search requests. Icons can be used inline.

The following example shows a Find Place request which includes the icon_mask_base_uri and icon_background_color fields:

https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/place/findplacefromtext/json?input=skog%20haus&inputtype=textquery&fields=name,icon_mask_base_uri,icon_background_color&key=YOUR_API_KEY

Example response

The following example shows how the icon_mask_base_uri and icon_background_color fields appear in a response from a Find Place request. To use the URL, append the desired file type extension (.png or .svg).

JSON

{
   "candidates" : [
      {
         "icon_background_color" : "#FF9E67",
         "icon_mask_base_uri" : "https://maps.gstatic.com/mapfiles/place_api/icons/v2/cafe_pinlet",
         "name" : "SKÖG Haus Coffee",
      }
   ],
   "status" : "OK"
}
      

XML

<FindPlaceFromTextResponse>
  <candidates>
    <name>SKÖG Haus Coffee</name>
    <icon_background_color>#FF9E67</icon_background_color>
    <icon_mask_base_uri>https://maps.gstatic.com/mapfiles/place_api/icons/v2/cafe_pinlet</icon_mask_base_uri>
  </candidates>
  <status>OK</status>
</FindPlaceFromTextResponse>
      

Icon URLs may change, so be sure to always use icon_mask_base_uri to look up the URL for an icon.

Fields

Each Place icon contains these fields:

• icon returns the URL for a colored 71px x 71px PNG icon.
• icon_mask_base_uri returns the base URL for a non-colored icon, minus the file type extension (append .svg or .png).
• icon_background_color returns the default HEX 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, 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