 extending gmap custom markers you can add custom markers to gmap by placing the marker images in the markers  directory and configuring the marker with an ini file you may wish to make your own folder to keep your markers seperate from the builtin markers an ini file defaults defaults the defaults section holds the settings that will be used if they are not specified on the marker shadow the filename of the image to use for the shadow of the marker anchorx 10 anchorx and anchory are the pixel coordinates relative to the top left corner of the image anchory 29 to define where the pushpin of the marker is infox 17 infox and infoy are the pixel coordinates relative to the top left corner of the image infoy 6 to define where the tail of a poppedup info window points to marker sets mycustom this is the internal name of the new marker type it s used in macros and when placing markers using php code name my custom this is the name that appears in the marker chooser dropdown sequence my1png my2png the list of image files to use specifying multiple filenames will let you have changing images when placing a series of markers the numbers marker is a good example files after creating your ini file be sure to go to the gmap settings page and click the regenerate button gmap hooks  todo  adding behavior flags  todo  javascript handlers  todo gmap uses a custom event system to pass data and events around extending gmap views  todo  