I'm doing a google map with custom symbols on locations provided by the client. Pasted below is a simplified version. When I set the path to the marker graphic .png in my own hard drive, and view the map in my own browser, everything works fine: The custom markers appear in the correct locations.
However, when I set the path to the marker .png in Dropbox, the marker does not appear on the map- neither with nor without the "?dl=0" suffix that Dropbox adds to the filename. I've also tried keeping the graphic on my Google Drive and pulling it from there; That didn't work either.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
<title>GoogleMapHawthorne It Works!</title>
<script src="http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false"
type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="map" style="width: 950px; height: 525px;"></div>
<script type="text/javascript">
// locationsSC = locations in Service, Community Asset layer
var locationsSC = [
['Fish Emergency Services', 45.512388, -122.651950],
['Southeast Community Bike Fix-it Station', 45.512360, -122.634061],
['Southeast Kitchen Share', 45.508305, -122.637014],
['Southeast Tool Library', 45.508312, -122.637690],
['Southeast Uplift Neighborhood Coalition', 45.513445, -122.627480]
];
var map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById('map'), {
zoom: 14,
center: new google.maps.LatLng(45.510000, -122.630930),
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP,
});
// adding Service, Community Asset markers
var markerSC, sc;
for (sc = 0; sc < locationsSC.length; sc++) {
markerSC = new google.maps.Marker({
position: new google.maps.LatLng(locationsSC[sc][1], locationsSC[sc][2]),
map: map,
icon: {
url: 'https://www.dropbox.com/s/set461kj7rt1zv5/ServiceBrownCog.png',
scaledSize: new google.maps.Size(25, 25)
}
});
google.maps.event.addListener(markerSC, 'click', (function(markerSC, sc) {
return function() {
infowindow.setContent(locationsSC[sc][0]);
infowindow.open(map, markerSC);
}
})(markerSC, sc));
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
Is the problem in my code? Or is it Dropbox?
I'm just beginning to learn JavaAcript; Most of the code is snippets copied (by typing) from various tutorials.
I have no qualms about pasting the actual file path in the code here. That file location is going to be public anyway. If anyone can think of a good reason I shouldn't do this, feel free to say so- and why.
Above all, thanks in advance.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/set461kj7rt1zv5/ServiceBrownCog.png isn't a link to an image. It's a link to a web page that (among other things) shows you the image.
To get a link to the image itself, try https://www.dropbox.com/s/set461kj7rt1zv5/ServiceBrownCog.png?raw=1. For more details, see https://www.dropbox.com/help/201.
