Capture embedded google map image with Python without using a browser

Question

I have noticed that, from Google Maps page, you can get an \"embed\" link to put inside an iframe and load the map in a browser. (no news here)

The image size can be

Answer 1

This is Daniel Roseman's answer for people that use python 3.x:

• Assuming you got already Google Maps static image API

Python 3.x code:

from io import BytesIO
from PIL import Image
from urllib import request
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt # this is if you want to plot the map using pyplot

url = "http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=-30.027489,-51.229248&size=800x800&zoom=14&sensor=false"

buffer = BytesIO(request.urlopen(url).read())
image = Image.open(buffer)

# Show Using PIL
image.show()

# Or using pyplot
plt.imshow(image)
plt.show()