diff --git a/src/Element/Marker.php b/src/Element/Marker.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9211d4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Element/Marker.php
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace StaticMapLite\Element;
+
+class Marker
+{
+    protected $latitude;
+    protected $longitude;
+    protected $markerType;
+
+    public function __construct(string $markerType, float $latitude, float $longitude)
+    {
+        $this->markerType = $markerType;
+        $this->latitude = $latitude;
+        $this->longitude = $longitude;
+    }
+
+    public function getMarkerType(): string
+    {
+        return $this->markerType;
+    }
+
+    public function getLatitude(): float
+    {
+        return $this->latitude;
+    }
+
+    public function getLongitude(): float
+    {
+        return $this->longitude;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Printer.php b/src/Printer.php
index 3378007..09f23ca 100644
--- a/src/Printer.php
+++ b/src/Printer.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace StaticMapLite;
 
+use StaticMapLite\Element\Marker;
 use StaticMapLite\TileResolver\CachedTileResolver;
 use StaticMapLite\TileResolver\TileResolver;
 
@@ -82,11 +83,9 @@ class Printer
         $this->tileResolver = new CachedTileResolver();
     }
 
-    public function addMarker(string $markerType, float $latitude, float $longitude): Printer
+    public function addMarker(Marker $marker): Printer
     {
-        $marker = ['lat' => $latitude, 'lon' => $longitude, 'type' => $markerType];
-
-        array_push($this->markers, $marker);
+        $this->markers[] = $marker;
 
         return $this;
     }
@@ -186,21 +185,15 @@ class Printer
 
     public function placeMarkers()
     {
-        // loop thru marker array
         foreach ($this->markers as $marker) {
-            // set some local variables
-            $markerLat = $marker['lat'];
-            $markerLon = $marker['lon'];
-            $markerType = $marker['type'];
-            // clear variables from previous loops
             $markerFilename = '';
             $markerShadow = '';
             $matches = false;
 
             // check for marker type, get settings from markerPrototypes
-            if ($markerType) {
+            if ($marker->getMarkerType()) {
                 foreach ($this->markerPrototypes as $markerPrototype) {
-                    if (preg_match($markerPrototype['regex'], $markerType, $matches)) {
+                    if (preg_match($markerPrototype['regex'], $marker->getMarkerType(), $matches)) {
                         $markerFilename = $matches[0] . $markerPrototype['extension'];
                         if ($markerPrototype['offsetImage']) {
                             list($markerImageOffsetX, $markerImageOffsetY) = explode(",", $markerPrototype['offsetImage']);
@@ -235,8 +228,8 @@ class Printer
             }
 
             // calc position
-            $destX = floor(($this->width / 2) - $this->tileSize * ($this->centerX - Util::lonToTile($markerLon, $this->zoom)));
-            $destY = floor(($this->height / 2) - $this->tileSize * ($this->centerY - Util::latToTile($markerLat, $this->zoom)));
+            $destX = floor(($this->width / 2) - $this->tileSize * ($this->centerX - Util::lonToTile($marker->getLongitude(), $this->zoom)));
+            $destY = floor(($this->height / 2) - $this->tileSize * ($this->centerY - Util::latToTile($marker->getLatitude(), $this->zoom)));
 
             // copy shadow on basemap
             if ($markerShadow && $markerShadowImg) {
diff --git a/web/staticmap.php b/web/staticmap.php
index 68adfd8..45bb12b 100644
--- a/web/staticmap.php
+++ b/web/staticmap.php
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 require_once '../vendor/autoload.php';
 
+use StaticMapLite\Element\Marker;
 use StaticMapLite\Printer;
 
 $printer = new Printer();
@@ -49,7 +50,9 @@ if ($markers) {
     foreach ($markerList as $marker) {
         list($markerLatitude, $markerLongitude, $markerType) = explode(',', $marker);
 
-        $printer->addMarker($markerType, $markerLatitude, $markerLongitude);
+        $marker = new Marker($markerType, $markerLatitude, $markerLongitude);
+
+        $printer->addMarker($marker);
     }
 }