On Feb 4, 8:54 am, ProbablyMike <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would guess that the simulator is like when developing on localhost, > in that the key is not needed. > > An API key is linked to a website domain
Because Static Map images can only be used in a web browser (see the Terms, paragraph 10.8), it makes sense that they can only be used when defined as <img> elements in a web page. Consequently the key you need is a key which is valid for that page. Bear in mind that the key is checked against the Referer header: normally that would be the location of the web page which included the <img>. Your widget isn't sending the referer for which the key is valid. -- 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=en.
