Try http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=GU1+6NE,UK&zoom=9&size=512x512&maptype=roadmap&sensor=false
That postcode is similar to onw in germany, so its using that instead. The search you done is on maps.google.co.UK, so that has the extra context, missing from the static url. So refine it to UK. On Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 5:48 PM, Tony Holdstock-Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > We're using the Google Maps Static API to show maps in an email when someone > puts in their UK postcode. Generally works fine. > There's the odd few, though, that show a completely different location on > the static maps to their actual location. Take this, for example: > http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=GU1+6NE&zoom=9&size=512x512&maptype=roadmap&sensor=false > > Compared with the actual (correct) google maps return: > http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&safe=off&q=GU1+6NE&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=1909l1909l0l2299l1l1l0l0l0l0l173l173l0.1l1l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1646&bih=1079&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl > > Why is the location so different and incorrect in the google maps static > API, and is there anything I can do to improve it? > Thanks very much, > Tony > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Maps API V2" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-maps-api/-/oUSo_AiOHVMJ. > 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. > -- 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.
