Wasn't it Marcelo who wrote: >I'd say you'll need a key for the ad server, but do you really want >people to load a 200+ Kb API, just to display your banners? >This is a perfect example of why I don't have Flash on my computer, >and why I block any ad servers I come accross. :-) > >You might also want to consider the V3 API, (lightweight), which >requires no key, or the Static Maps API.
Although v3 is lighter in weight than v2, it's still rather excessive for a banner. The Static Maps API is light enough to be used sensibly in a browser, but it does require a key. What I'd recommend is putting a static map inside an iframe. That way the API key that it needs will be the domain of the iframe src, which can be the same for all pages. It also gives you the advantage of being able to make changes to the banner contents without having to ask all your banner users to change the code on their page, so if you eventually decide that having a Google Map in your banner was a pretty stupid idea, you just need to rewrite the page that's being used as the iframe src. -- Mike Williams http://econym.org.uk/gmap -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api?hl=.
