With advanced markers you can create and customize highly performant markers. Customize the default marker's background, border, and glyph color, and replace the default marker icon with a custom graphic image.
Advanced markers are objects of type AdvancedMarker, which is a subclass of Marker. With advanced markers, all the existing Marker properties are customizable, including:
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