Allow Fractional Zoom for Maps Static API requests [234040401]

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br...@sitesusa.com

created issue #1

May 27, 2022 06:59PM

Feature Request
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The Maps Static API should allow for a Fractional Zoom parameter (decimal/double), similarly to what the Javascript Maps API now allows for (version 3.48+).

That way your requested static map can match your JS map. Currently in the Maps Static API, requesting an image with "zoom=14.23" will not work.

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ee...@google.com <ee...@google.com> #2May 30, 2022 01:08AM

Assigned to ee...@google.com.

Thank you for posting!

To further check your Feature Request, may I ask the following from you:

What is the importance and use-case of your Feature Request?
What is your expected behavior from the API?

br...@sitesusa.com <br...@sitesusa.com> #3May 30, 2022 08:34PM

Hi,
Thanks for replying!

1. This is 4/5 important to our application. Our use case would be requesting static images (PNG) at a fractional zoom, to match the Maps JS API fractional zoom, look and appearance. Without the ability to output images at fractional zoom, it essentially makes the Maps JS fractional zoom option not viable for us.

2. The expected behavior is that any requests to the Maps Static API allow for the zoom parameter to account for fractional zooms (example "zoom=14.23").

Let me know if I can help answer any other questions. Thank you.

ee...@google.com <ee...@google.com> #4May 31, 2022 12:07AM

Reassigned to gm...@google.com.

Thanks for your answers!

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aj...@gmail.com <aj...@gmail.com> #5Aug 24, 2022 10:41PM

Second this. A feature of our application computes an exact lat/lng bounding box and uses it to render custom SVG elements at correct scale. It is currently not possible request a static map background that fits the exact dimensions.

es...@gmail.com <es...@gmail.com> #6Sep 15, 2023 12:13PM

I also second this. Same problems in my app. This feature would be great!

fa...@gmail.com <fa...@gmail.com> #7Feb 28, 2024 01:31AM

I also second

bi...@simplegrowthsystems.com <bi...@simplegrowthsystems.com> #8May 14, 2024 10:04PM

I second this feature as well. Our application draws property boundary points onto a Google Static Map. Currently we test to make sure that a given property fits into the static 640x640 at zoom level 20 image centered on a property. We can detect that a given point is outside the static map and drop the zoom level by 1, but we want the property boundary to fit as closely as possible to the 640x640 image. If we had fractional zoom available for Static Maps, we would only have to zoom out enough to make the property fit without leaving excess space around it that comes from integer zoom levels.