Change the style of landmarks

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Landmarks and prominent places can have their own icons. You can choose from two different icon types to represent these types of places: StandardPOI icons are similar in appearance to other map place markers; IllustratedPOI icons feature a more distinctive appearance.

To change the landmark icon style, perform the following steps:

  1. Zoom in on the map enough to see landmarks shown. For example, zoom in to Paris with a zoom level of 13.

  2. In Map features, select the gear icona black and white gear with six spokesto open the Settingspane.

    • Select the Standardlandmark style to display standard POI icons:
      A map of downtown Seattle showing standard Google POI icons: a tiny white icon on a teardrop-shaped teal icon glyph over landmarks like the Art Museum and Smith Tower.

    • Select the Illustratedlandmark style to display distinctive POI icons:
      A map of downtown Seattle showing distinctive POI icons: a small black-and-white line art illustration of the POI in question such as Smith Tower. These markers are about twice to three times the size of a standard POI marker including the marker background.

  3. Open the Landmarkelement pane by using the filter or the map inspector. For more information, see Find map features .

  4. In the Landmarkelement pane, you can customize the visibility, icon color, text fill color, and text stroke color.
    A map of downtown Seattle showing distinctive POI icons and the element pane to toggle visibility, icon color, and text color.

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