saving google map to image from a browser component window inside a c# application - google-maps

Question

I wanted to save the google map into an image from a webpage.
while i was searching for that i got this program.
http://www.codres.de/downloads/gms.exe[^]
besides other alternatives like print screen i wanted to use a program or map api which can save a specified dimension of google map instead of the screen.
i have used browser component in c# for http access and for displaying certain webpages.
I want to know whether there are options to capture the browser screen to image using any c# functionality or even the browser component would have given such options. just a guess.
i would like to have answers, suggestions on how to capture the map with custom dimension and zoom size to an image.

Answer 1

I used this to get captcha Image from the current page, so you can use similar code just amend the imageID to point to the google map image and use this solution for zooming.
public string newsavefunction(WebBrowser webBrowser1)
{
IHTMLDocument2 doc = (IHTMLDocument2)webBrowser1.Document.DomDocument;
IHTMLControlRange imgRange = (IHTMLControlRange)((HTMLBody)doc.body).createControlRange();
string imagename = string.Empty;
try
{
foreach (IHTMLImgElement img in doc.images)
{
imgRange.add((IHTMLControlElement)img);
imgRange.execCommand("Copy", false, null);
using (Bitmap bmp = (Bitmap)Clipboard.GetDataObject().GetData(DataFormats.Bitmap))
{
bmp.Save(#"F:\captchaimages\captchapic.jpg");
}
imagename = img.nameProp;
break;
}
}
catch (System.Exception exp)
{ }
return imagename;
}