[OSM-talk] Static maps using the new export function

Gervase Markham gerv-gmane at gerv.net
Wed Apr 30 22:39:21 BST 2008


Tom Chance wrote:
> I can't see an obvious way to do this, maybe I just need to dig around in
> the code behind the export tab, but is it possible to already do something
> similar to the Google static maps feature, i.e. allow people to just
> specify a URL in an img tag and have the static image with optional marker
> automatically created?
> 
> http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/staticmaps/

What are the advantages of this over just exporting the map and copying 
the image to your web page? Just that the map is automatically updated 
for you when people fix it? Or is there something else?

Gerv





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