# scottdejonge/map-icons

An icon font for use with Google Maps API and Google Places API using SVG markers and icon labels

Repository: https://github.com/scottdejonge/map-icons
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/map-icons
Homepage: http://map-icons.com/
Language: HTML
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-02-23T09:13:30+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4774, "days_push": 922, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1041, forks 194 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:20.694469+00:00)

## What it is
Map Icons is an icon font and JavaScript extension for the Google Maps API and Google Places API, enabling SVG markers with icon labels styled via CSS. It offers over 175 scalable, retina-ready icons for map markers.

## Use cases
- add custom icon markers to google maps
- style map markers with css
- use svg pin shapes on google maps
- icon labels for google places markers
- retina-ready map marker icons

## When to choose
- you need styled icon-font markers on Google Maps or Places and are on an older setup

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - the library is officially deprecated
- you need markers for map providers other than Google Maps
- you need actively maintained or updated icon sets

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: ui-components, graphics
- domain: web-development, frontend
- platform: browser
- tags: icon-font, google-maps, svg-markers, deprecated, css, maps, web-server

## Member repositories
- scottdejonge/map-icons (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:20.694469+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:02:58.611103+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/scottdejonge/map-icons (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:20.694469+00:00, sha 600f3c7583db)
  - homepage: http://map-icons.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T13:03:58.235644+00:00, sha 498843bd9a6c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.