Google Static Map Authorisation with Key not working

Question

I have the following Google Developer Console APIs with ON status:

Google Maps Embed API
Google Maps Javascript API v3
Static Maps API
BigQuery AP
Google Cloud SQL
Google Cloud Storage
Google Cloud Storage JSON API

I have the following link in an HTML email:

<img src='http://maps.google.com/staticmap?center=-15,-47&zoom=11&size=600x200&key=myKey'/>

But I never get an image. The key works OK for an embedded map using an iframe.

What am I doing wrong?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 27 '15 at 00:27

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If you are using Google static Map API, you should use this URL:

http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=-15,-47&zoom=11&size=600x200&key=myKey

Of course, replace 'myKey' to your valid key.

answered Jun 27 '15 at 00:27

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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It won't work because you're trying to put it in an email, browsers work differently to email clients. Email clients block iframes for security purposes, see:

Is there no way to embed a Google Map into an HTML email?

You can check if your api key is working using the Google Maps API console https://code.google.com/apis/console/?pli=1

Update

also you might want to update the bit of the string 'myKey' with your api key :)

edited May 23 '17 at 12:22

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answered Feb 05 '15 at 16:29

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1. I have seen this work in HTML emails from ABNB using the same format. – Miguel Feb 06 '15 at 18:16
2. I am not using an iframe in the HTML email. You can see in the snippet I have an tag with the src pointing to google static map. – Miguel Feb 06 '15 at 18:18
3. I know the key is working because I am using it within an iframe on my website. – Miguel Feb 06 '15 at 18:18
4. Of course I am replacing myKey with my actual key! – Miguel Feb 06 '15 at 18:19

Google Static Map Authorisation with Key not working

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