Question: I know this has been discussed before, but I actually can't find a solution.

I am adding a custom icon for my marker:

```
markerUserLocation = mMap.addMarker(new
                        MarkerOptions().position(new
                                LatLng(point.latitude,
                                        point.longitude))
                                .anchor(0.5f, 1.0f)
                               .icon(BitmapDescriptorFactory.fromResource(R.drawable.ic_marker_my_location)));

```

The problem is when zooming in/out the marker gets positioned in a bad place.

I have tried to play with the anchor values, but no success. Isn't the default anchor mid/bottom of the image ?
What i need to do, to actually keep the bottom of the marker at the specified point coordinates, independent of zooming level ?

Here is a ic\_marker\_my\_location icon sample (xhdpi size), as I can't upload the original icon.
![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/EYvEG.png)

LE: this is a really silly, but if i use a smaller marker image... it works correctly... So maybe there is a bug with marker resource image size ? Or if the image is bigger, I need to set some extra parameters ?

Answer: 
May be you are actually passing the float values for latitude and longitude. Please pass in the double values like this..

```
private double lat = 13.005039;
private double lng = 77.57734;

mMap.addMarker(new MarkerOptions().position(new LatLng(lat, lng));

```
```
used this code

// Creating a marker
                MarkerOptions markerOptions = new MarkerOptions();

                // Getting a place from the places list
                HashMap<String, String> hmPlace = list.get(i);

                // Getting latitude of the place
                double lat = Double.parseDouble(hmPlace.get("lat"));                

                // Getting longitude of the place
                double lng = Double.parseDouble(hmPlace.get("lng"));

                // Getting name
                String name = hmPlace.get("place_name");

                // Getting vicinity
                String vicinity = hmPlace.get("vicinity");

                LatLng latLng = new LatLng(lat, lng);

                // Setting the position for the marker
                markerOptions.position(latLng);

                // Setting the title for the marker. 
                //This will be displayed on taping the marker
                markerOptions.title(name);
                markerOptions.snippet(vicinity);

                // Placing a marker on the touched position
                mGoogleMap.addMarker(markerOptions);            

```