Thanks Andrew! I'll have a look at trying the Javascript code then, or do you think that the sensor attribute being true might be causing me problems?
On Oct 19, 5:01 pm, Andrew Leach <[email protected]> wrote: > On Oct 19, 3:44 pm, Rowan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >http://www.transportscotland.gov.uk/about-us/location > > > At the moment I see the error pic but this problem is intermittent. > > I'm using the API key I was given and I doubt the traffic to our site > > would be a problem. Can anyone suggest what I might be doing wrong? > > Including the key is unnecessary; and I can't see why sensor is true > rather than false. > > They are truly static maps, aren't they: everyone viewing that page > gets exactly the same image. That means that there is effectively no > limit to how often those maps can be viewed: "Use of the Google Static > Maps API is subject to a query limit of 1000 unique (different) image > requests per viewer per day. Since this restriction is a quota per > viewer, most developers should not need to worry about exceeding their > quota. However, note that we enforce an additional request rate limit > to prevent abuse of the service. Requests of identical images, in > general, do not count towards this limit beyond the original request." > > So it's possible that you are falling foul of the rate limit. That has > definitely been an issue where there are, say, over 30 maps on the > page, because all those requests arrive practically simultaneously. > I'd be surprised if two images triggered it, although who can say what > else is going on on the server? > > > We use a Drupal CMS so I can't embed Javascript, unfortunately > > Really?http://drupal.org/node/98354 > Include the API <script> element, and another <script src=...> > referencing your code in an external file. And then just trigger the > mapping functions with something like > <script>window.onload=function(){window.onload;initalize();}</script> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API V2" 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.
