Numeric icons

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Any problem with existing icons ?
Hi - Icons are amazing so far, love them all.
Have a suggestion for new icons ?
I need some very boring numeric icons. 1-10 in red yellow blue and green.
Yawn. I know. Any suggestions?
Thankyou
Rebecca

Original issue reported on code.google.com by rebe...@nyshine.com on 21 Aug 2009 at 12:59

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Hello Rebecca

Lots of people actually want the numeric icons.
Let me undestand something : you just want the number with the colored 
background ?
not the icon (like Factory) with a number, because I would need to create the
existing 150 icons by 10 : 1500 icons :)

1-10 for each color : 120. Ouch. We will start with the colors you want :) red 
yellow
blue green.

Fine this way?
Let me know
--
Nico

Original comment by nico.mol...@gmail.com on 27 Aug 2009 at 10:12

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Yeh just a plain old colored circle with a number in the middle. Or the 
teardrop type
icon Google have already, numbered and in different colors. And yes, Red Yellow 
Green
and Blue. Very basic.
I'm guessing it is very laborious for you and if you don't want to do it then I
totally understand!

-Rebecca

Original comment by rebe...@nyshine.com on 27 Aug 2009 at 10:26

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1-10 for each color. So 10 x 4 colors is 40 icons. Unless my math is worse than 
I
thought....

Original comment by rebe...@nyshine.com on 27 Aug 2009 at 10:31

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I don't know if I will be able to do them soon but here we go, I know some site 
that
already have the "red google balloons" from 1-99 :

Look :
http://www.geocodezip.com/mapIcons/marker5.png just change the number before 
.png.
Unfortunately, he doesn't provide other colors :(

Original comment by nico.mol...@gmail.com on 27 Aug 2009 at 10:39

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Maybe we should do another sized set Nico?  One that's more narrow, but keeps 
the
style we are already using? If we can agree on a format I'll help you do them, 
it's a
lot of work. If we do 100, the standard size will be just fine. If we do double
digits, we can make it smaller and if we do only singe digits they can be even
smaller. Here are two suggestion for a templates. I know we can't use these 
one, they
are just dummies to try sizes.  I have used Arial Black 11px high, that was 
probably
not smart, we should probably go 10 or 12px to fit the number correctly 
centered in
the icon. I have used smooth edges, as you can see.  Thoughts on this?

Original comment by myBCN...@gmail.com on 29 Aug 2009 at 9:36

Attachments:

• [Single Digit Template.png](https://storage.googleapis.com/google-code-attachments/google-maps-icons/issue-60/comment-5/Single Digit Template.png)
• [Double Digits Template.png](https://storage.googleapis.com/google-code-attachments/google-maps-icons/issue-60/comment-5/Double Digits Template.png)

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Hello Matthias !
I don't really agree with 2 differents sizes for single & double digits.

Going to a smaller sizes for numbered is a smart move although :)
Give me a moment to think about it, it's not my priority right now.

Original comment by nico.mol...@gmail.com on 31 Aug 2009 at 12:52

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How about my try on blue 1 and 20 :
http://google-maps-icons.googlecode.com/files/blue1.png
http://google-maps-icons.googlecode.com/files/blue20.png

Original comment by nico.mol...@gmail.com on 3 Sep 2009 at 9:13

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These are great! Thankyou. And just what I was looking for and no doubt what 
many
others hoped for too. 

Original comment by rebe...@nyshine.com on 3 Sep 2009 at 2:35

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Just to be sure : 1 and 20 are just an example :)
There are only 2 numeric icons made at the moment.

Give us a couple of weeks to create everything else.

Original comment by nico.mol...@gmail.com on 3 Sep 2009 at 2:56

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Of course - no great hurry, its just so cool that you're able to help out.
Thankyou so much.

Original comment by rebe...@nyshine.com on 3 Sep 2009 at 3:04

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I found this great library of "lettered" (A to Z) icons :
http://www.benjaminkeen.com/?p=105

They aren't the same colors as our current project, but 260 free icons are 
always
welcome !

Original comment by nico.mol...@gmail.com on 3 Sep 2009 at 4:47

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I found the perfect tool to create numeric icons.

See the help on the page : 
http://code.google.com/p/google-maps-icons/wiki/NumericIcons

You can enter an URL with the text, and the color you want, then you have the 
icon.

Original comment by nico.mol...@gmail.com on 7 Sep 2009 at 10:23

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Matthias, what do you think of my first two colors of numeric icons :
http://code.google.com/p/google-maps-icons/wiki/NumericIcons

May I continue with other colors ?

Original comment by nico.mol...@gmail.com on 28 Sep 2009 at 4:13

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Brilliant! Go Nico, Go!  //Matthias

Original comment by myBCN...@gmail.com on 28 Sep 2009 at 8:34

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Rebecca, I am writing to let you know that our numeric icons are ready.
#1-20 in 13 colors just for you !

Nah, not just for you :) but hope you 'll use them and that it will work great.

Original comment by nico.mol...@gmail.com on 7 Oct 2009 at 3:41

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Thanks Nico, They're perfect. Good work & much appreciated.
Now for the silly question....Do I have to host them on my server to use them on
google maps?

Original comment by rebe...@nyshine.com on 8 Oct 2009 at 12:22

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Hi Rebecca,

Not a silly question at all! In fact we've had it before so we created this 
page to
explain how to add the icons to your own My Maps in Google Maps. Hope it 
explains how
to do it good enough?
http://code.google.com/p/google-maps-icons/wiki/HowToAddNewIcons

//Matthias (myBCN.es)

Original comment by myBCN...@gmail.com on 8 Oct 2009 at 6:29