WebService::GoogleMaps 0.07

WebService::GoogleMaps is an automated interface to Google Maps.

SYNOPSIS

use WebService::GoogleMaps;

# Set up a new object with a viewport of 640 x 480 pixels
my $gmap = WebService::GoogleMaps->new( 640, 480 );

# Specify a location to view
$gmap->set(
latitude => 40.750275,
longitude => -73.993034,
zoom_level => 4, # valid values are 0..14, lower value is more zoomed
cache_dir => "/tmp", # optional, but recommended! Helps speed up future requests
pan_x => 0, # move viewport to the east (+) or west (-) a number of pixels
pan_y => 0, # move viewport to the south (+) or north (-) a number of pixels
);

# create a GD object containing our bitmapped map object
$gmap->generate_gd();

# or simply
# $gmap->generate_gd(40.750275, -73.993034, 4); # latitude, longitude, zoom_level

my $error = $gmap->error();
$error && print "Error: $errorn";

open (FH, ">", "mymap.png");
binmode FH;
print FH $gmap->{gd}->png;
close(FH);

WebService::GoogleMaps provides an automated interface to Google Maps http://maps.google.com/, which provides free street maps of locations in the USA and Canada. This module allows you to specify an image size, latitude, longitude, and zoom level and returns a GD object containing a street level map.