With this snippet you can show a static google map image for a specific location, which is linked to google maps and includes showing a marker in all views.
Don’t forget to change YOUR_GOOGLE_STATIC_MAPS_API_KEY to your api key, which you can get at https://console.developers.google.com by creating a server key and aactivate google maps for this account.
$arrContextOptions=array(
"ssl"=>array(
"verify_peer"=>false,
"verify_peer_name"=>false,
),
);
$address = urlencode("Kupferbergterrasse 10, 55116 Mainz");
$request = file_get_contents("https://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=" . $address . "&key;=YOUR_GOOGLE_STATIC_MAPS_API_KEY&sensor;=false", false, stream_context_create($arrContextOptions));
$json = json_decode($request, true);
$lat = $json['results'][0]['geometry']['location']['lat'];
$lng = $json['results'][0]['geometry']['location']['lng'];
$marker = "color:blue|label:ZIEL|".$lat.','.$lng;
echo '<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/'.$address.'"><img src="https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center='.$lat.','.$lng.'&zoom;=14&size;=600x300&markers;='.$marker.'&key;=YOUR_GOOGLE_STATIC_MAPS_API_KEY"></a>';
demo:
