Google Static Maps API lets embed a Google Maps image on the web page without requiring JavaScript or any dynamic page loading. The Google Static Maps API service creates the map based on URL parameters sent through a standard HTTP request and returns the map as an image one can display on the web page. To use this service, one must need an API key, get it from here . Note: One need to create billing account on google then only can use Google APIs. Modules needed :
Below is the implementation :
# Python program to get a google map # image of specified location using # Google Static Maps API # importing required modules import requests
# Enter your api key here api_key = "_your_api_key_"
# url variable store url url = "https: / / maps.googleapis.com / maps / api / staticmap?"
# center defines the center of the map, # equidistant from all edges of the map. center = "Dehradun"
# zoom defines the zoom # level of the map zoom = 10
# get method of requests module # return response object r = requests.get(url + "center = " + center + "&zoom = " +
str (zoom) + "&size = 400x400 &key = " +
api_key + "sensor = false")
# wb mode is stand for write binary mode f = open ( 'address of the file location ' , 'wb' )
# r.content gives content, # in this case gives image f.write(r.content) # close method of file object # save and close the file f.close() |
Output :
1 : World 5 : Landmass/continent 10 : City 15 : Streets 20 : Buildings