Re: Static maps with map type terrain shows continents as black.

Update: looks like map types satellite and hybrid are affected by this
issue too.
The only working map type is roadmap.

Also, I was advised to use some workaround like using only roadmap map
type as this is a known issue but there is no ETA for a fix at this
time.

On Aug 16, 10:23 pm, G4ng <eugene.naume...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm having a similar issue with the Static Maps API.
>
> When map type is set to terrain and there are no markers on the map
> the entire Asia and Australia are drawn in black.
> When there are some markers then only parts without markers are drawn
> in black.
>
> Here is an example of a map without markers -http://g4ng.com/users/tiger/
> this one with some markers but not in Asia -http://g4ng.com/users/wolf/
> (the same as first one)
> and this one with some markers in Asia -http://g4ng.com/media/staticmap.png
> (a saved image of the map onhttp://g4ng.com/)
>
> These static maps were just ok some 2 months ago as I can remember.
>
> Any ideas why this happens and how to fix it?
>
> On Jul 29, 9:19 am, Michael Mason <cptshi...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Hello... I'm having a bit of trouble with the GoogleStaticMaps
> > API.
>
> > It seems that when more than one point is plotted and those points are
> > quite far from each other and themaptype is set to terrain,
> > continents are displaying as pure black. See here for example.
>
> >http://maps.google.com/maps/api/staticmap?sensor=false&size=180x130&m...label:A|51.5001524,-0.1262362|&markers=color:0xffffff|size:mid|lab el:B|-37.8553160,145.0191400
>
> > any clues as to why this would be happening?

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