Just as an FYI, in case someone else comes searching for this info: Rossko was correct in stating that is it up to the page (HTML, CSS, etc.) to determine how the map displays on mobile browsers. Specifically, adding this tag to my page made it work correctly:
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"> -Esther On Jan 24, 10:33 am, estherM <[email protected]> wrote: > (Note that I have searched the group before posting; none of the > existing threads really provide an answer.) > > We have a website that uses the Google Maps static maps functionality > to embed maps into pages. This works with no problem; we just use > something like this: > > <img src="http://maps.google.com/maps/api/staticmap? > zoom=15&size=512x512&maptype=roadmap&markers=color:red|label:H| > 42.038322,-87.680260&sensor=false" /> > > We are now creating a mobile site for the same client. The code itself > will still work, but I'm wondering how to make sure I get a map that > doesn't take over the entire screen, but is still readable. Is there a > standard size that's used for mobile screens? I'm guessing with the > static maps there's no way for a user to click to zoom in if we use a > small size, but the regular API requires javascript and a lot of > mobile browsers still don't support it. > > We need to support all smartphones; this is a mobile site, not an OS- > specific app. > > Any ideas? -- 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.
