Hello,
I am trying to use my own icons in a css file to display icons on a react website.
Below is the code that leads up to the point where I actually create the markers (I am using MapBox API. (See bottom of code)
The problem is that
a.) when i create my own SVG files in illustrator and either put them in the project directory or make a link for them for the file to reference, neither appear in my map.
b.) I found someone else's icon and used that, and it can render that icon, but it is way too big.
import React from "react";
import mapboxgl, { LngLat } from "mapbox-gl";
import "./GoogleMap.css";
import db from "../../firebaseConfig";
import { Marker } from "react-simple-maps";
var image01 = require("../../assets/droneIcon.png");
var firebase = require("firebase/app");
require("firebase/auth");
require("firebase/database");
const auth = require("../../auth.json");
mapboxgl.accessToken =
"pk.eyJ1IjoiamVycnkyMDE4IiwiYSI6ImNrNjA1N3d5NTA0Zmwza252OXNpcWpzYWEifQ.lBwSxATvYgUqiyGfIvC3tw";
class GoogleMap extends React.Component {
constructor(props) {
super(props);
this.state = {
lng: 50,
lat: 50,
zoom: 10
};
}
componentDidMount = () => {
const { lng, lat, zoom } = this.state;
var droneList = [];
const map = new mapboxgl.Map({
container: this.mapContainer,
style: "mapbox://styles/mapbox/streets-v9",
center: [lng, lat],
zoom: zoom
});
map.on("move", () => {
const { lng, lat } = map.getCenter();
this.setState({
lng: lng.toFixed(4),
lat: lat.toFixed(4),
zoom: map.getZoom().toFixed(2)
});
});
var el = document.createElement("div");
el.className = 'marker';
el.style.backgroundImage = 'url(https://cdn1.iconfinder.com/data/icons/appliance-1/100/Drone-07-512.png)';
el.style.width = "500px";
el.style.height = "500px";
What I have tried:
I have tried creating my own SVG, making a raw git file for it to host and reference it, however I can't find anywhere to make that minified raw SVG file into a readable image for the javascript code. I have found that SVG files that are created by others and posted can be placed into the map api and successfully display.
I need to either
1. Find a way to display SVG images, since the current methods I have been trying are resulting in blank images, or just the alpha channel of the image
2. Find a way to simply resize the icon that does render, so that I can keep it at the necessary pixel dimensions without having it be too large for my application.
Any help is very much appreciated,
Thank you.