diff --git a/lib/widgets/viewer/info/maps/marker.dart b/lib/widgets/viewer/info/maps/marker.dart
index d883d4067..516b174ce 100644
--- a/lib/widgets/viewer/info/maps/marker.dart
+++ b/lib/widgets/viewer/info/maps/marker.dart
@@ -29,11 +29,18 @@ class ImageMarker extends StatelessWidget {
 
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-    final thumbnail = ThumbnailImage(
+    Widget child = ThumbnailImage(
       entry: entry,
       extent: extent,
     );
 
+    // need to be sized for the Google Maps marker generator
+    child = SizedBox(
+      width: extent,
+      height: extent,
+      child: child,
+    );
+
     const outerDecoration = BoxDecoration(
       border: Border.fromBorderSide(BorderSide(
         color: outerBorderColor,
@@ -66,7 +73,7 @@ class ImageMarker extends StatelessWidget {
             position: DecorationPosition.foreground,
             child: ClipRRect(
               borderRadius: innerBorderRadius,
-              child: thumbnail,
+              child: child,
             ),
           ),
         ),