URL queryUrl = new URL(SERVICE_URL + "/feeds/features/" + MAPID + "/full"); GoogleService myService = new MapsService("exampleCo-exampleApp-1"); myService.setUserCredentials(USERNAME, PASSWORD); FeatureFeed feed = myService.getFeed(queryUrl, FeatureFeed.class); for (FeatureEntry entry : feed.getEntries()) { XmlBlob xml = ((OtherContent)entry.getContent()).getXml(); xml.setBlob(xml.getBlob().replaceAll( "(\\s*)[^<]*", "$1" + NEW_ICON)); myService.update(new URL(entry.getEditLink().getHref()), entry); }