Google static Maps always returning 403 when a key is provided

Question

I always get a 403 Forbidden response if I provide an API key within the map request; without specifying it everything goes well and I can get to the map. The problem is tha

Answer 1

I finally sorted things out, the problem was that I was subscribing to the "Google Maps API v2" service instead of "Static Maps API".

Switching them in the API console fixed the problem.