Google Static Maps API - Google Code
The following example contains the URL of a static map image, which is displayed below:
# Note that this URL wraps at the '\' character.
# You can copy the URL from the image below, however.
# For clarity, we don't write the actual API key in use.
#
http://maps.google.com/staticmap?center=40.714728,-73.998672&zoom=14&size=512x512&maptype=mobile\
&markers=40.702147,-74.015794,blues%7C40.711614,-74.012318,greeng%7C40.718217,-73.998284,redc\
&key=MAPS_API_KEY
Notice that you don't need to do anything "special" to get this image to show up on the page. No JavaScript is required. All we needed to do was create a URL, and place it within an
