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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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