wiki:GoogleStaticMapMacro

Version 19 (modified by Martin Scharrer, 14 years ago) (diff)

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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 the GoogleMapMacro.

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

The macro should work both with Trac 0.11 and 0.12. At the moment there is only a 0.11 directory which can also be used for Trac 0.12.

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 [download:googlestaticmapmacro/0.11 ZIP-file].

Source

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

Installation & Configuration

Install the plugin as usual.

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]
tracgooglestaticmap.* = enabled

[googlestaticmap]
api_key = <Your Google API key (long hex number)>  # not required for API v2
# Optional settings:
#default_size = 300x300
#default_language = de
#default_api_version = <1 or 2> # should be 2 for newer installations. Set to 1 if you want to keep older macros unchanged

Upgrade from older Versions

The current version of the macro uses the Google Static Map API v2, while older versions used API v1. The syntax provided by Google has changed between the API versions. In order to provide the newer features but also not break existing macros both API versions are supported using the api key. The older syntax can still be used with newer versions of the macro by setting api=1 either as a macro argument ([[GoogleStaticMap(api=1,<old syntax>)]]) or using the global configuration option default_api_version.

Please note, that since v2 an API key is not required anymore by Google. I'm not sure if this is also true for v1. The trac server specific Google Map API key can be received from Google for free.

Usage & Examples

This documentation describes the syntax for the macro v1.x which uses Google's API v2 (see #Upgrade). The older syntax is still supported using the api=1 argument. See an older version? of this wiki page for the old syntax. Mixing of older and newer syntax is not supported.

Parameters

The macro accepts the official Google Static Map argument (see there) as well as a few internal arguments:

title
Sets the HTML title of the map image.
api
Sets the API version to be used. By default set to "2". To reuse the older macros set api=1 as mentioned earlier.
key
Sets the API key if not set globally in the config file. Deprecated for macro v1.x / Google API v2.

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

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

Recent Changes

17137 by rjollos on 2018-04-16 19:58:39
TracGoogleStaticMapMacro 1.1: Conform to PEP8
15264 by rjollos on 2016-02-11 04:22:34
Remove unnecessary svn:mime-type on py files

svn:mime-type was set to "plain" for many files.

8571 by martin_s on 2010-08-31 18:02:58
0.11/setup.py
Increaded version number to indicate major change due to Googles API change.
0.11/tracgooglestaticmap/macro.py
Fixed colon substitution for markers for api=1.
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Author/Contributors

Author: martin_s
Maintainer: martin_s
Contributors: