---
title: "Google Maps Platform Route waypoint marker defaults change in 3D (alpha): 2026-10-01 | Harbyn"
description: "Google Maps Platform Route waypoint marker defaults change in 3D (alpha), announced Oct 1, 2026."
canonical: "https://harbyn.com/changes/google-maps/2026-10-01-3d-route-marker-accessibility-and-display-updates"
last-updated: 2026-10-02
---

# Google Maps Platform Route waypoint marker defaults change in 3D (alpha)

Markdown version of <https://harbyn.com/changes/google-maps/2026-10-01-3d-route-marker-accessibility-and-display-updates>.

Behavior change - Google Maps Platform. info severity. Announced.

In the alpha channel of Maps JavaScript API 3.66.7, Route.createWaypointMarkers() sets a localized default title (Origin or Destination) on the markers it creates, and its 3D markers keep a constant screen size (sizePreserved is true by default). Route3DElement origin and destination markers are now keyboard-reachable and announced by screen readers.

## Facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Vendor | [Google Maps Platform](https://harbyn.com/vendors/google-maps.md) |
| Kind | Behavior change |
| Severity | info |
| Status | Announced |
| Announced | Oct 1, 2026 |
| Added to Harbyn | Oct 2, 2026 |
| Lead time | No dated deadline |
| Symbols | `Route.createWaypointMarkers`, `sizePreserved`, `Route3DElement` |
| Review | Reviewed by a person, extracted by a model |

## Find it in your code

```sh
npx harbyn scan
```

This change names no identifier the scanner can match line by line, so the scan tells you whether your repository uses Google Maps Platform, from its packages and API hosts. Nothing leaves your machine.

## Sources

Where this event comes from: the page we read, when we read it, and the hash of that snapshot.

- <https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/releases> (changelog, fetched 2026-10-02 01:24 UTC, sha256 `b43b56950f5359d564b997e6c7fed745a813e3014cc6045ee1b2cf6be21729eb`)

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