Well the docs say you no longer need a key: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/staticmaps/index.html
"I don't want to register for one (and the reason has to be a mystery...sorry)" This makes me very suspicious of what you are doing, why would not want one, and keep a a mystery, don't you want Google knowing what you are doing with their services? But using your example I get the same problem as you, but can't say why. Apart from that I can't really help much, sorry, maybe someone else has a better idea. -- 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.
