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>

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