Today I discovered a hidden gem in Google Maps. So far I was using a default icon for marking a spot on the map. I was wondering how I could differentiate between several types of holiday destination, ie. sport facilities, historical monuments, and other wonders of the french world. And you know what, Google allows you to choose from a set of 98 different icons for each mark on the map. But wait! You can even create your own icons and use them alongside the predefined ones. And that’s pretty cool. Now we can design our own unique icons and that rocks.

While adding more spots on the map I discovered that the map is geeting overcrowded. I might change the website theme to accomodate a larger map. That would come in handy also for displaying the addition info for each spot. If you display the popup buble on the current map, you can hardly see anything but the popup because it covers the whole map.

I have changed the default display mode of the map beacuse the satellite map was harder to navigate and now the marks are also better visible. Don’t you think?

I believe I can add a few more spots over the weekend and don’t forget to submit your favourite holiday destinations and villas in France that might be of interest to others, too.

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