Table of Contents

  1. Description
  2. Configuration
  3. Bugs/Feature Requests
  4. Download
  5. Installation & Configuration
  6. Source
  7. Usage & Examples
    1. Parameters
    2. Markers
  8. Recent Changes
  9. Author/Contributors

Insert a static Google Map as image

Description

This macro uses the Google Map API to include static images of maps. Static means that is is only a simple image without any user interaction not the usual feature-rich dynamic map on http://maps.google.com/. The positive side is that no javascript is needed to display the map image.

For a dynamic Google map use GoogleMapMacro.

The maximum size supported by Google is 640x640 pixels. If a bigger width or height is requested it will be reduced to 640px.

Configuration

To enable this macro put the following into your trac.ini configuration file: 

[components]
tracgooglestaticmapmacro.* = enabled

Bugs/Feature Requests

Existing bugs and feature requests for GoogleStaticMapMacro are here.

If you have any issues, create a new ticket.

Download

Download the macro as ZIP-file.

Installation & Configuration

Just copy the python file in the plugin directory of your trac installation.

A different Google Map API key is needed for every web domain which can be get for free from Google.

To enable the macro put the following into your trac.ini file, which is located in the config directory of your trac installation. You need to restart trac to reread the macro file and the configuration file. 

[components]
googlestaticmap.* = enabled

[googlestaticmap]
api_key = <Your Google API key (long hex number)>
# Optional settings:
#default_size = 300x300
#default_language = de

Source

You can check out GoogleStaticMapMacro from here using Subversion, or browse the source with Trac.

Usage & Examples

Parameters

See http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/staticmaps/#URL_Parameters for all supported arguments. In addition the image title can be set using a title argument.

The map location must be given in geographic coordinates, not as address. Please note that the format center=X:Y must be used, not center=X,Y as described in the above web site, due to the way trac parses the macro.

For example: 

[[GoogleStaticMap(center=50.805935:10.349121,zoom=5,size=400x400)]]

will result in the following map image:

http://maps.google.com/staticmap?center=50.805935%2C10.349121&zoom=5&size=400x400&key=ABQIAAAAMwTA9mkyZbDS6QMcxvwm2BQk7JAK84r7ycdvlw9atwcq_yt-SxQd58w7cbhU8Fvb5JRRi4sH8vpPEQ

Markers

You can add markers to the static map using the 'markers' argument. The format is 'markers={latitude}:{longitude}:{size}{color}{alphanumeric-character}', e.g.: markers=50.805935:10.349121:bluea, creates a blue marker labeled with 'A' at 50.805935,10.349121. Multiple marker declarations are separated using the '|' letter.

So, 

[[GoogleStaticMap(center=50.805935:10.349121,zoom=5,size=400x400,markers=50.805935:10.349121:bluea|50.000000:10.000000:greenb|49.046195:12.117577:yellowc)]]

will result in the following map image:

http://maps.google.com/staticmap?center=50.805935%2C10.349121&zoom=5&size=400x400&markers=50.805935%2c10.349121%2cbluea|50.000000%2c10.000000%2cgreenb|49.046195%2c12.117577%2cyellowc&key=ABQIAAAAMwTA9mkyZbDS6QMcxvwm2BQk7JAK84r7ycdvlw9atwcq_yt-SxQd58w7cbhU8Fvb5JRRi4sH8vpPEQ

Recent Changes

[4721] by martin_s on 11/02/08 12:33:08

Created python package.

[4584] by martin_s on 10/26/08 16:03:39

googlestaticmap.py
Added support for markers.

[4571] by martin_s on 10/25/08 06:32:34

googlestaticmap.py
(X)HTML code is now produced by using genshi.builder. Changed HTML escape of arguments.

[4568] by martin_s on 10/24/08 14:40:43

googlestaticmap.py
Changed minimum size to 1x1.

Author/Contributors

Author: martin_s
Contributors: