Add an Icon to the Map
Load a custom icon image and use it as a symbol layer.
const API_KEY = 'toursprung';
const map = new maptoolkit.Map({
container: 'map',
style: `https://static.maptoolkit.net/styles/toursprung/terrain.json?api_key=${API_KEY}`,
center: [11.39085, 47.27574],
zoom: 12,
attributionControl: { compact: false }
});
map.addControl(new maptoolkit.NavigationControl(), 'top-right');
map.on('load', () => {
map.loadImage('https://maplibre.org/maplibre-gl-js/docs/assets/custom_marker.png', (err, image) => {
if (err) throw err;
map.addImage('custom-marker', image);
map.addSource('points', {
type: 'geojson',
data: {
type: 'FeatureCollection',
features: [
{ type: 'Feature', geometry: { type: 'Point', coordinates: [11.39085, 47.27574] }, properties: { title: 'Innsbruck' } },
{ type: 'Feature', geometry: { type: 'Point', coordinates: [13.0550, 47.8095] }, properties: { title: 'Salzburg' } },
{ type: 'Feature', geometry: { type: 'Point', coordinates: [16.3738, 48.2082] }, properties: { title: 'Vienna' } }
]
}
});
map.addLayer({
id: 'symbols',
type: 'symbol',
source: 'points',
layout: {
'icon-image': 'custom-marker',
'icon-size': 1.5,
'text-field': ['get', 'title'],
'text-offset': [0, 1.8],
'text-anchor': 'top'
}
});
});
});<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Add an Icon to the Map – Maptoolkit Maps JS</title>
<meta property="og:description" content="Load a custom icon image and use it as a symbol layer." />
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@maptoolkit/maps@11.0.0-beta.2/dist/maptoolkit.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/@maptoolkit/maps@11.0.0-beta.2/dist/maptoolkit.css" />
<style>
html, body { width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
#map { width: 100%; height: 100%; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="map"></div>
<script>
const API_KEY = 'toursprung';
const map = new maptoolkit.Map({
container: 'map',
style: `https://static.maptoolkit.net/styles/toursprung/terrain.json?api_key=${API_KEY}`,
center: [11.39085, 47.27574],
zoom: 12,
attributionControl: { compact: false }
});
map.addControl(new maptoolkit.NavigationControl(), 'top-right');
map.on('load', () => {
map.loadImage('https://maplibre.org/maplibre-gl-js/docs/assets/custom_marker.png', (err, image) => {
if (err) throw err;
map.addImage('custom-marker', image);
map.addSource('points', {
type: 'geojson',
data: {
type: 'FeatureCollection',
features: [
{ type: 'Feature', geometry: { type: 'Point', coordinates: [11.39085, 47.27574] }, properties: { title: 'Innsbruck' } },
{ type: 'Feature', geometry: { type: 'Point', coordinates: [13.0550, 47.8095] }, properties: { title: 'Salzburg' } },
{ type: 'Feature', geometry: { type: 'Point', coordinates: [16.3738, 48.2082] }, properties: { title: 'Vienna' } }
]
}
});
map.addLayer({
id: 'symbols',
type: 'symbol',
source: 'points',
layout: {
'icon-image': 'custom-marker',
'icon-size': 1.5,
'text-field': ['get', 'title'],
'text-offset': [0, 1.8],
'text-anchor': 'top'
}
});
});
});
</script>
</body>
</html>