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Title: Google / Live / Yahoo Maps Screenshot
Post by: Sam on March 28, 2008, 12:33:29 PM
Does anyone know if there is an API that will let me download the map as an image ?
I dont want to have to write code to download all the tiles and reassemble.
Title: Re:Google / Live / Yahoo Maps Screenshot
Post by: shofty on March 28, 2008, 13:43:31 PM
im guessing youre not planning on putting the image in a browser? youre after working offline on it in some way?

Matt
Title: Google / Live / Yahoo Maps Screenshot
Post by: Sam on March 28, 2008, 17:51:11 PM
Obviously.
Title: Re:Google / Live / Yahoo Maps Screenshot
Post by: shofty on March 28, 2008, 20:55:24 PM
you can be hard work. what are you trying to do with it then?

Matt
Title: Google / Live / Yahoo Maps Screenshot
Post by: Sam on March 28, 2008, 21:24:11 PM
Yes Im a narc. I want to include it in a PDF.
Title: Re:Google / Live / Yahoo Maps Screenshot
Post by: Alien8 on March 28, 2008, 21:25:01 PM
does it need to be automated in any way or is it to load on a pda for running/walking, if the later what about good old PrtScn?
Title: Google / Live / Yahoo Maps Screenshot
Post by: Sam on March 28, 2008, 21:36:01 PM
Do you think Id be asking if I could just print screen it.
Honestly.
Title: Re:Google / Live / Yahoo Maps Screenshot
Post by: Alien8 on March 28, 2008, 21:41:37 PM
no, but sometimes people forget the simple things like that.
Title: Re:Google / Live / Yahoo Maps Screenshot
Post by: BigSoy on March 28, 2008, 21:52:01 PM
You could something very hacky along the lines of:

- Maximise browser window
- Check screen resolution (build standard google map sizes for standard resolutions into the app or something more clever?)
- PrtScrn
- Turn that into image
- Crop the image according to the res/map size you worked out earlier

Maybe?
Title: Re:Google / Live / Yahoo Maps Screenshot
Post by: neXus on March 28, 2008, 22:11:39 PM
Read all the Google maps API? It has pisca links you can do when you code using the API so it have the ability
Title: Google / Live / Yahoo Maps Screenshot
Post by: Sam on March 31, 2008, 01:01:52 AM
I dont think its in the API nexus.
Title: Google / Live / Yahoo Maps Screenshot
Post by: bear on March 31, 2008, 06:36:36 AM
You want to do with many maps ? rightclicking in FF and copy image and pasting (to PSP in my case) works fine.

(http://bmorell.com/images/kisa2.jpg)
Title: Google / Live / Yahoo Maps Screenshot
Post by: knighty on March 31, 2008, 08:09:13 AM
what about multimap.co.uk ?

dont rerally know this stuff.... but quick and dirty.... went with a post code, then the print link, then just choped the stuff out of the link you cant do (grid co-ords etc..) gave this....

http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?scale=10000&coordsys=gb&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=sr28nt&place=&width=600&height=500&db=pc&keepicon=true

that gives a nice single photo.... which should be easier to nick than googles grid thing ?

(unless you need an arial photo of course!)