I recently came by this website: http://www.google.com/earth/explore/products/earthview.html
"Earth view in Google Maps"
Does this mean, I use the usual Google Maps APIs (V3) to manage the map while being able to render in Earth view? More explanation please?
See this question and the accepted answer:
How do I convert my google maps application into a google earth application?
Per that answer, you can find additional detail here:
http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/v2/services.html#Earth
The EarthView link is about taking advantage of the Google Earth plugin at maps.google.com, and not related to enabling it for your own site.
The recommended strategy for integrating the plugin into your own mashup is to use the utility library at http://google-maps-utility-library-v3.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/googleearth/
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Google Maps Earth View has never provided any solid plugin-free API to work the same native way as we do with Google Maps API.
Now when Google Maps Earth View API is deprecated, we have no any means to interact with the Earth View. Needless to say that world explorations are not convenient using that default scanty set of tools provided by the Earth View. At that, Earth View now is the default physical map browsing map type at maps.google.com.
Does anybody have any information about some future plans of Google to support developers?
As far as I know, upon the deprecation of Google Earth API, plugins has been provided such as the Google Earth Browser Plug-in that allows users to navigate and explore geographic data on a 3D globe. The look and feel of the plugin is similar to the Google Earth application, thereby providing a similar user experience. However, there are also differences such as the one discussed in this forum.
To be kept updated with the latest product updates or upcoming plans, I would suggest that you follow or subscribe to the following links:
Google Earth Blog
Google Maps API Documentation
Google Maps Android API - Release Notes
Google Maps JavaScript API - Release Notes
Google Earth releases
Lastly, this SO post might also help.
Since Google Static Maps imposes a daily quota on its service (and so does Google Maps JavaScript API unfortunately), I'm considering instead Microsoft's Bing Static Maps API. With Google it was enough to include on my website one line of code:
<img class="google_maps" src="http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=48.2044544,16.3706368&zoom=9&markers=color:red%7Clabel:A%7C48.2044544,16.3706368&size=200x200&key=XXXXXXXXXXXX">
Bing's example code snippet
http://dev.virtualearth.net/REST/v1/Imagery/Map/imagerySet/centerPoint/zoomLevel?mapSize=mapSize&pushpin=pushpin&mapLayer=mapLayer&format=format&mapMetadata=mapMetadata&key=BingMapsKey
seems to follow the same logic, but I couldn't get it to work. Has anybody experience
whether there is really no limit (in practice) for using the Bing Maps API
How to correctly include a bing map in my website?
Thank you!
Full documentation on how to use the static Imagery service in Bing Maps can be found here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff701724.aspx
I know it doesn't answer the main question, but the OP mentioned the reason he has the problem is because of the daily quota. So I came here to offer an free to use/self hosted alternative I made just to cincurvent that. It's sort of a clone of google static maps called osm-static-maps, you can find it here https://github.com/jperelli/osm-static-maps
I come to you in the hope of finding a solution to a problem I encountered when I embed Google Maps in OBIEE.
Indeed, after following the standard procedure defined on this link:
http://onlyobi.blogspot.fr/2014/03/obiee-11g-google-map-integration-guest.html
I get the following error appears in OBIEE:
"Google has disabled use of the Google Maps API for this application. The key provided is not a valid Google API key or is not a licensed version 3 API key
Google Maps Javascript on this site. If you are the owner of this applicatio, please go to ... "
Thank you for your support,
Have you tried using the maps visualization from Google? More details here:
https://developers.google.com/chart/interactive/docs/gallery/map
We use this in OBIEE to display certain data on maps.
Using MapViewer, we can integrate google maps with the OBIEE 11g/12c. More details is here:
https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocumentDisplay?_afrLoop=363666329275914&parent=EXTERNAL_SEARCH&sourceId=HOWTO&id=1485088.1&_afrWindowMode=0&_adf.ctrl-state=rota6my7h_102
I am planning to release a commercial website (I have ads there and a shop) which is freely available for everybody. I want to add a google map to show some points of interest. The question is: Do I need the google api key for that or can I just use the iframe code that google gives me? Theoretically that would work, too.
I searched google, but could not find a clear answer...
Thanks :-)
v2 of the Google Maps API is deprecated, so you should ideally use v3.
v3 does not need an API key as mentioned in the documentation.
Since v3 is the official version now, I assume the links given in google maps are for the version. You can always just try and see if embedding the iframe works for you. Though as noted, you can't really customize the map, so you should use the API. It's very simple to set up a basic map (read the tutorial).
You don't need the Google Maps API key as long as you don't plan to include any special or customized maps in your website.
Using the iframe version is fine for basic Maps integration.
The API Key is free anyway, so there is no problem in obtaining one. You should also be free to use the iframe as well, as long as your site is publicly available to everyone without a payed login or anything like that.
As long as you meet Google Maps TOS, you can use both. If you don't meet those TOS, don't use any of it.
A Google Maps API key is required for v2 of the API, not for v3 as far as I know,
and neither for requests to Static Maps API v2.
In my project I need to use the Google Maps API to place users on the map.
Are there any libraries to enhance the user experience working with Google Maps?
I already noticed Flutster.
do try http://code.google.com/p/gmaps-utility-library/
You could also try jmaps.