php-static-maps-generator

A PHP library to generate Google Static Map Links. The Google Static Maps Library (V2) is a free service, [made available by Google] (https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/staticmaps/)., _(*1)

Using simple OO methods, this project will build the URL which can be used in an image tag., _(*2)

Example Code:

$oStaticMap = new GoogleStaticMap();
$oStaticMap ->setCenter("London,UK")
            ->setHeight(300)
            ->setWidth(232)
            ->setZoom(8)
            ->setFormat("jpg")
            ->setFeatureStyling(array(
                "feature" => "all",
                "element" => "all",
                "style" => array(
                    "hue" => "#006400",
                    "lightness" => 50
                )
            ));

echo '<img src="' . $oStaticMap . '" height="' . $oStaticMap->getHeight() . '" width="' . $oStaticMap->getWidth() . '" />';

Example Output:

Sample map generated by the Class , _(*3)

Requirements:

This library requires no additional software beyond a functional version of PHP 5.2 (or greater) and if you wish to retrieve the Map image, a working Internet connection., _(*4)