How can I use high resolution custom markers with the scale parameter in Google's Static Maps API?
google-maps-static-api, retina-display
Solution
The `&markers` parameter now has an (undocumented) `scale` descriptor. Set that to `2` and the `icon` descriptor to your @2x marker image URL while using the `&scale=2` parameter. Something like:
`&markers=scale:2|icon=icon@2x.png&scale=2`
Source: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-maps-api/_METlecmeO4/JNyfkguoO7QJ
Problem
We're using Google's Static Maps API with the scale parameter to display lovely smooth maps for people using high resolution displays. However, we'd also like to use custom icons to show points on the map. Unfortunately I can't find any way of doing this that doesn't give pixelated icons like in this example. Is there a way of doing this that doesn't scale the icons up?