How to Add Personal Markers to My Google Map
Google Maps provides a set of icons to mark places of interest on your map. When you want to save a marked location, you can choose one of those default markers, or add customized markers to the list of choices. Many Google Maps users create custom icons and make them available for free downloading. Others use graphics software to design personal markers. You can use Picasa Web, already included with your Google account, to host the marker image files and incorporate them into your Google Map.
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Instructions
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Log in to your Google account, then navigate to picasaweb.google.com.
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Click on the "Upload" button, then follow the on-screen instructions to upload the image files to a Picasa Web album.
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Click on the "Home" tab, then double-click on the new album to display the icons.
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Right-click on a marker image, then choose "Copy image URL."
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Navigate to Google Maps, Choose "My Places," then either create a new map, or click on your existing saved map.
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Click on "Edit," then choose the "Placemark" icon and click on a map location to place the marker on the map.
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Click on the marker icon on the top-right corner of the resulting dialog window, then click "Add an icon."
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Press "Ctrl" and "v" to paste the copied URL into the textbox, then click "Ok."
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Tips & Warnings
To reuse the markers on different maps, choose "My icons" on the icon properties dialog window.
Google Maps accepts jpg, gif, bmp and png files and automatically resizes images larger than 64x64 pixels.
