google-maps-image-api

Allows you to easily get Google Maps Image API urls.

Google Maps Image API allows you to get static images of a 2d map or streetview. This module will return the url of such an image. The options correlate to those in the API.

usage

``js
const image = require('google-maps-image-api')
image({
type: 'staticmap',
center: '40.714728,-73.998672'
}) // -> url
`

static maps

$3

`javascript
{
type: 'staticmap',
center: '40.714728,-73.998672' // can also be a street address
}
`

$3

`javascript
{
key: '', // your Google API Key
zoom: 14, // 0 = entire world, 21 = streets
size: '320x240', // size of the image
scale: 1, // for retina screens this should be 2
format: 'JPEG', // or 'PNG' or 'GIF'
maptype: 'roadmap', // or 'satellite' or 'hybrid' or 'terrain'
language: 'en', // language of the map

region: 'us', // country code in ccTLD
// defines the appropriate borders to display, based on geo-political sensitivities

markers: 'color:blue|label:S|11211|11206|11222', // add markers to the map
// see https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/staticmaps/index#Markers

path: 'color:0x0000ff|weight:5|40.737102,-73.990318|40.749825,-73.987963',
// Add a path to the map. A path can be filled or just a line.
// see https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/staticmaps/index#Paths

visible: 'Toronto', // a location that should be visible
// This can be either long,lat or a location name.

style: 'feature:administrative|element:labels|weight:3.9|visibility:on|inverse_lightness:true',
// how features are rendered eg. roads, parks, etc.
// see https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/staticmaps/index#StyledMaps
}
`

streetview pictures

$3

`javascript
{
type: 'streetview',
// You must define either location or pano.
location: 'Toronto', // location name or long,lat
pano: '', // id of a specific panorama
}
`

$3

`javascript
{
key: '', // your Google API key
size: '320x240', // size of the image
heading: 45, // bearing (direction) of the camera. 0 - 360. 0 == North
fov: 90, // field of view in degrees.
pitch: 0, // up/down angle of the camera. 90 = straight up. -90 = straight down
}
``