Problem Loading Google Maps API

Question

So I signed up for a Google Maps API key and the documentation I got after doing so says to load the Javascript Maps API, use the following code:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?file=api&amp;v=2&amp;sensor=false&amp;key=[My API Key]"></script>

In using that code snippet I can't get the Google Maps Tutorial working so I changed the script tag above to match the one in the tutorial:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false"></script>

And that one seems to work fine and doesn't have a reference to my API key... if that works fine is there any reason to get and use the API key?

Thanks!

Pascal MARTIN · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-03 11:46:04Z

3

As far as I remember, the V3 API doesn't require an API Key anymore (it was required with V2 of the API).

In your first code sample, you are using API v2.
But, in your second portion of code, you don't specify an API version -- in this case, I suppose it uses the default version, which currently is v3.

answered Mar 3, 2011 at 11:46

Pascal MARTIN

402k82 gold badges665 silver badges666 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

1 Comment

Ryan Over a year ago

Martin: That explains it... I am intending to use the v3 API so I guess signing up for the API key wasn't necessary. Thanks!

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Problem Loading Google Maps API

1 Answer 1

1 Comment

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

1 Answer 1

1 Comment

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related