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title: Styling with image symbols
slug: styling-with-image-symbols
createdAt: 2026-10-18T11:17:48.901Z
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Users can customize the appearance of point features by using an image as a symbol. To do so, navigate to the **Layers** page, click the **Actions** button :inlineImage[]{src="https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/LWUfsfhqAg8IYSTyeRxdu/j6Lxmx350knqWLuJwh9B4_upload.png" alt caption width="52" height="31"} next to the target layer, and select **Styling **:inlineImage[]{src="https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/LWUfsfhqAg8IYSTyeRxdu/zTd6_VXQPTKrIP-G5l4lV_upload.png" alt caption width="36" height="20"}. Then, follow the steps illustrated in the figure below to configure the point style using an image.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/LWUfsfhqAg8IYSTyeRxdu/bgr_yB1I44d_hFXyj0hSc_image.png)

Select the **Image** checkbox :inlineImage[]{src="https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/LWUfsfhqAg8IYSTyeRxdu/qJB7PZ-wQpBj7PElBHPzI_upload.png" alt caption width="24" height="22"} to enable image-based styling for the point layer, as shown in the figure below.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/LWUfsfhqAg8IYSTyeRxdu/Uaz7tF2ZIubAkZvUas6y3_image.png)

Click the image placeholder below the **Image** checkbox, then select and upload the desired image from your local device.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/LWUfsfhqAg8IYSTyeRxdu/TTziYtZfwGox2_UG7bJzl_image.png)

Click the **X** button to close the image selection window and return to the layer styling settings.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/LWUfsfhqAg8IYSTyeRxdu/Ihmj2jAlU5evJ5wknBd8j_image.png)

Specify the desired **Image Size**, then click the **Submit** button to apply the changes, as shown in the figure below.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/LWUfsfhqAg8IYSTyeRxdu/lzys4ohEsAolDc1OTdqth_image.png)

The figure below shows the result on the map after applying the new image symbol to the point layer.

![](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/LWUfsfhqAg8IYSTyeRxdu/t-tstT6adNHKJESMdHCyJ_image.png)