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Question

I m working on an application which renders google maps on an image as below

Answer 1

As commented by Pointy, you need to use an API key with all referrers allowed in order to use Static Maps.

You can achieve that just by removing all the referrers from the list of authorized referrers. Or just create a new API key and use it without further configuration.

More info at the Documentation