public function generate_markers( $events ) {

		$markers = array();

		// let's track which recurrence venues have already been marked
		$already_marked = array();

		foreach ( $events as $event ) {

			$venue_id = tribe_get_venue_id( $event->ID );
			$lat      = get_post_meta( $venue_id, self::LAT, true );
			$lng      = get_post_meta( $venue_id, self::LNG, true );
			$address  = tribe_get_address( $event->ID );
			$title    = $event->post_title;
			$link     = get_permalink( $event->ID );

			// let's keep track of the post ID/address combos that we've set markers for. If we get a
			// duplicate (a recurrence post with the same address), let's skip it.
			$location_id_hash = md5( $address . ( $event->post_parent ? $event->post_parent : $event->ID ) );
			if ( ! empty( $already_marked[ $location_id_hash ] ) ) {
				continue;
			}

			$already_marked[ $location_id_hash ] = true;

			// replace commas with decimals in case they were saved with the european number format
			$lat = str_replace( ',', '.', $lat );
			$lng = str_replace( ',', '.', $lng );

			$markers[] = array(
				'lat'      => $lat,
				'lng'      => $lng,
				'title'    => $title,
				'address'  => $address,
				'link'     => $link,
				'venue_id' => $venue_id,
				'event_id' => $event->ID,
			);
		}

		return $markers;
	}