Re: creating an icon

See Mike Williams' tutorial
http://www.econym.demon.co.uk/googlemaps/

In particular this page:
http://www.econym.demon.co.uk/googlemaps/custom.htm

There is also a good example from Google of how to make a custom icon
in their blog:
http://googlemapsapi.blogspot.com/2005/11/happy-turkey-day.html
(it is a turkey)

-- Larry