# Geographic view

**URL:** <https://gramps.discourse.group/t/geographic-view/951>\
**Category:** Ideas\
**Created:** [November 24, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/geographic-view/951 "2020-11-24T17:05:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![emyoulation](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/emyoulation/32/67_2.png) [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\
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> [@emyoulation](#):
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> It is unfortunate that both are those markers are actually magnifying glass icons (zoom in & zoom out) as alternatives to color-coded pushpins. So the map layer isn’t rendering glyphs, it is rendering objects

Gramps user and commercial artist Barrie Phelan ( @bjpcorp ) created a set of Gramps map pins that might be used for experiments.  
 ![_DeathPin](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/2X/d/da4d4b4d833168c5a2214c68fd879aebfbf664e8.png) ![_GreenPin](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/2X/c/c16e3caef98a06d60eaa31d43a35187b3ad355ca.png) ![_HeartPin](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/2X/f/f1d3395f3447d489a1061d3341a59cd71581294f.png) ![_RedPin](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/2X/1/1bbfcb2f05b53dfc9913262b1b8b6f1610d014c1.png) ![_SucettePin](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/2X/a/ae9690fb00f9994010fc40a897780117dc7b021a.png)

**@SNoiraud Would it just a matter of swapping them (or the .svg drawing format versions) for “magnifying glass” specifically named images in a folder?**  
see [0012497](https://gramps-project.org/bugs/view.php?id=12497#c63929) : Development of a distinctive Gramps icon theme stencil

_Example below is for the “All Places for one person” Geography view mode. The magnifying glass (“-”, “+”, “x”) markers don’t convey much meaning. I have to keep looking at tooltips to remember “-” is burial instead of “x” which is Marriage?_  
 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/2X/0/0bf3d184f4c1ae4bdf50f6c25f25b00f5ce8585f.png)

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