Embed Google Map into HTML page based on GPS coordinates

Question

I have a PHP photo gallery that reads the GPS coordinates from images. I\'d like to modify it to use the coordinates and include a google map on the photo page. Is there a sim

Answer 1

The following are a few examples that you may help you getting started:

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Using the Google Maps API v2:

You simply need to change the latitude and longitude in the GMap2.setCenter() method. The last paramater is the zoom level.

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Using the Google Maps API v3:

When using version 3 of the Maps API, you would need to pass your parameters as options to the google.maps.Map() constructor. The above example should be self explanatory.

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Using the Static Map API:

The Static Map API, as luca suggested might be a very good idea.

Simply pass the the latitude and longitude paramaters in an image tag, as in the example above. It would display the map below, directly rendered from Google:

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