You can now use Promoted Pins in Demand Gen campaigns to boost visibility on Maps and drive more foot traffic to physical ...

Marc Zwygart posted a screen shot on Google+ of a Google Map embedded in Google Search that has a bunch of markers/icons but ... Google is testing new icon pins for business categories. ...

I am not sure if this is new or happens on some queries but Besian Sopa posted on Twitter a screen shot of a Google Maps Local knowledge ... showing the typical marker pin icon.