Feature request: google static maps

yourcelf / olwidget

Javascript library to replace textareas that contain WKT data with editable OpenLayers maps, and a django app using it for django forms and admin.

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Feature request: google static maps #40

Closed elpaso closed 13 years ago

elpaso commented 14 years ago

Hi,

while developing a mobile site I've been asked for a lightweight map instead of the full featured ol standard map.

This request is just to start a discussion (if this is not the right place, please tell me where we can share thoughts on this matter).

Google maps has a static version (accessible without API key) where you can send encoded polylines and define custom placemarks too. It would be nice to have this implemented as a lightweight alternative to the standard ol info map.

yourcelf commented 13 years ago

I'm going to suggest that this is out-of-scope for olwidget. The codebase is currently very much based on OpenLayers, which is very much based on dynamic maps. A static map interface would be useful but is really a separate project.