Google Map Markers Terrify Me
August 13, 2011 3:19 PM Subscribe
Does anyone else have a phobia of those Google Maps markers?
Hi. This is embarrassing, which is why I'm posting anonymously. Does anyone have a phobia of the Google maps pins -- and ideas for how I can make sure to never see one again? (Here is an example of the map from hell for me: http://www.mindmyhouse.com/sitters/owner_search/map.php). Helpful for some, horror for me.
I don't know, they just give me the serious heebie jeebies -- for some reason I see them and think plague. Or scabs. Literally, they make me sick. Is there any way I can configure my browser so they'll never turn up -- or otherwise get over this? Thanks!
Hi. This is embarrassing, which is why I'm posting anonymously. Does anyone have a phobia of the Google maps pins -- and ideas for how I can make sure to never see one again? (Here is an example of the map from hell for me: http://www.mindmyhouse.com/sitters/owner_search/map.php). Helpful for some, horror for me.
I don't know, they just give me the serious heebie jeebies -- for some reason I see them and think plague. Or scabs. Literally, they make me sick. Is there any way I can configure my browser so they'll never turn up -- or otherwise get over this? Thanks!
With AdBlock you could specifically put http://maps.gstatic.com/intl/en_us/mapfiles/marker.png in the ban list. Then you can still see Google Maps without those markers being able to load.
posted by msbutah at 3:29 PM on August 13, 2011
posted by msbutah at 3:29 PM on August 13, 2011
That's a good idea. Apparently there are a bunch:
marker.png, shadow50.pngposted by demiurge at 3:32 PM on August 13, 2011
marker_black.png, marker_brown.png, marker_green.png, marker_purple.png, marker_yellow.png,
marker_grey.png (note English spelling), marker_orange.png, marker_white.png
I don't have a phobia of the map markers, but I have a hunch that you may be trypophobic.
posted by Specklet at 3:40 PM on August 13, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by Specklet at 3:40 PM on August 13, 2011 [1 favorite]
I wonder if you can combine the adblocker solution with a custom Greasemonkey script that would replace those images with something else of your choosing (so gmaps doesn't become unusable for you). I'm not one to know how to do this for you, but my google works ok and here's what I came up with. Yahoo Answers link, so beware. And it looks like you should replace the second instance of 'first image URL' with 'second image URL'.
posted by carsonb at 3:58 PM on August 13, 2011
posted by carsonb at 3:58 PM on August 13, 2011
demiurge: "That's a good idea. Apparently there are a bunch:
Adblock Plus supports wildcards, so you could block "*marker*.png" and get all the ones with "marker" in the name.
posted by SuperSquirrel at 4:22 PM on August 13, 2011
marker.png, shadow50.png"
marker_black.png, marker_brown.png, marker_green.png, marker_purple.png, marker_yellow.png,
marker_grey.png (note English spelling), marker_orange.png, marker_white.png
Adblock Plus supports wildcards, so you could block "*marker*.png" and get all the ones with "marker" in the name.
posted by SuperSquirrel at 4:22 PM on August 13, 2011
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posted by demiurge at 3:26 PM on August 13, 2011