Map card (or Map view) shows entities with “latitude” & “longitude” attributes.
Usually images are set to “person” & “device_tracker” entities via customization.
For “person” entities it may be done in UI for “people”.
For “device_tracker” - only via yaml customization (somewhere here described).
Thanks a lot … this is to show the picture of my car on the map, instead of a circle with letters in it.
I have successfully put the picture in the www folder. it is accessible via /local/bmw-picture.png
I am wondering where I need to “map” this picture with the entity, now …
On the entity config itself, I can not assign it :
… as you can see, it is only 4 lines … I think I need to put the link to the picture there somewhere ?
the link you mention is not helping lee that much
ok - I found out how to show my car’s picture on the Map card.
First, upload the picture (in png format from my side) in the HA, I did it using the “File editor” add-on I have installed. Using this, put the picture under “www”, so that is is accessible from “/local/”.
Then, edit the configuration.yaml adding this code :
homeassistant:
customize: !include customize.yaml
… This is to call a “customize.yaml” config file. As it was not existing yet, I have created it at the same level of “configuration.yaml” like this :
I just wanted to let you know I finally got the time to follow your guide, and it works perfectly. Thanks for the support! next step is to enter the tracking lines on the map…