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A PHP library to generate Google Static Map Links. The Google Static Maps Library (V2) is a free service, [made available by Google] (https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/staticmaps/).

Using simple OO methods, this project will build the URL which can be used in an image tag.

Example Code:

$oStaticMap = new GoogleStaticMap();
$oStaticMap	->setCenter("London,UK")
			->setHeight(300)
			->setWidth(232)
			->setZoom(8)
			->setFormat("jpg")
			->setFeatureStyling(array(
				"feature" => "all",
				"element" => "all",
				"style" => array(
					"hue" => "#006400",
					"lightness" => 50
				)
			));

echo '<img src="' . $oStaticMap . '" height="' . $oStaticMap->getHeight() . '" width="' . $oStaticMap->getWidth() . '" />';

Example Output:

Requirements:

This library requires no additional software beyond a functional version of PHP 5.2 (or greater) and if you wish to retrieve the Map image, a working Internet connection.