I noticed a specific effect when I search Google for a road without the street number, where the static map thumbnail is centered on the street, and the street is highlighted with a red border. Here is my query; you'll see the map before the search results.
Wilson Rd 08012
Does anyone know if there is a way to achieve this effect via the Google Static Maps API? Ideally where I could just pass in the street and zip to reproduce that search image. I know there are other questions on here asking how to use street data to plot a line over the map, but I'm curious if anyone knows how to get Google to do what it's already doing, but programmatically.
Thank you!
The Static Map API is documented: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/staticmaps/ and currently road styles don't include this.
However, features are often added to Google Maps first and do find their way from there into their APIs. But they never announce timescales or what's coming up until it's done. Personally I hope this is optional.
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I'm looking for a way to add images to the Google Map interface itself, not fixed on a point on the geographical map but on the Google Maps "window". Something to display Map Legends on the map itself.
I've been looking through the net but can't seem to find a way to do this. As you can tell I don't really know what this is called also, so that may be the reason why I ca
You have to open infowindow on map and put image in it.
Try with this answer : google maps api v3 - how to display image thumbnails inside bubble?
I am wondering if i am allowed to add an image overlay to a static Google Street View image.
The idea behind this question is adding a person/object to the street view image in an android application (and displaying it) without further processing of the outcome.
Would this violate "10.1.3 a)" of the Google Maps/Google Earth APIs Terms of Service?
I am not really sure about that, because "(i) creating server-side modification of map tiles" is listed as a forbidden example, but I only want to do add a client-based overlay without modifying the Street View Image as itself.
Thanks for your help!
Did you read this section? https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/streetview#StreetViewOverlays
It seems that the Street View API supports overlays.
If you read the link from Vitor, it says that:
"Currently, the types of overlays which are supported on Street View
panoramas are limited to Markers, InfoWindows and custom OverlayViews.
"
So unless you implement your own custom overlayview, image overlays (like a ground overlay) aren't supported
Is there any way to capture the image from a complicated Google Maps with some customize overlays like heat gradient. See figures:
Google static map API can only generate static maps(images) with simple polylines or markers, in my situation this is apparently not enough, I want user to capture this kind of images and share it in there twitter fb of g+
see Google Maps image?, it is a similar question. But not so useful in my situation
It's not allowed. See here:
https://developers.google.com/maps/faq#tos_screenshots
Use of Google Maps imagery in printed materials and offline media is
subject to the Permission Guidelines published at:
http://www.google.com/permissions/geoguidelines.html
you can request permission, but I don't think it's easy to obtain, unless you are a paying business customer.
When i am searching for some country area in maps on standard web UI it shows me the area borders.
I would like to mark this areas dynamically in embedded map on my website, but i dont know how exactly i have to formulate search query to find if there is some way to achieve this.
I was not found anything about this in reference.
does google offer some API for this in last maps js API?
You need a Polygon-Overlay or a KML-Layer which defines the borders.
I have a question concerning Google Maps. On the contact page of a website I did include Google Maps. Unfortunately, when a user hovers (mouse over) over the pin on the map, a comment about a nearby restaurant is also shown. And more unfortunate, the comment is bad :P. How can I hide this functionality from the map?
See http://bullseyemedia.nl/contact and hover over the A.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Kind regards,
Reinder
You could use a static map, very easy to code.
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/staticmaps/