diff --git a/lib/OpenLayers/Feature.js b/lib/OpenLayers/Feature.js
index 6ebf057a8f..c1f09e4e06 100644
--- a/lib/OpenLayers/Feature.js
+++ b/lib/OpenLayers/Feature.js
@@ -19,6 +19,23 @@ OpenLayers.Feature.prototype= {
     },
     
 
+    createMarker: function(layer) {
+        if (this.lonlat && this.data.iconURL 
+                        && this.data.iconW 
+                        && this.data.iconH) {
+            var size = new OpenLayers.Size(this.data.iconW, this.data.iconH);
+            var icon = new OpenLayers.Icon(this.data.iconURL, size);
+            var marker = new OpenLayers.Marker(icon,this.lonlat);
+            if (this.title) { 
+                var popup = new OpenLayers.Popup(this.latlon, 
+                               this.getContentHTML());
+                marker.events.register('click', this, popup.open());
+            }
+            this.marker = marker;
+            layer.addMarker(marker);
+        }
+    },
+    
     /** html content based on feature information
     *
 	* ret(str): 
@@ -31,7 +48,7 @@ OpenLayers.Feature.prototype= {
         
         contentHTML += "<div style='height: 1.5em; overflow: hidden'>" 
         contentHTML += "<span style='font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: bold'>" 
-        contentHTML +=     this.data['title'];
+        contentHTML +=     this.data.title;
         contentHTML += "</span>"
         contentHTML += "</div>"