Static Map Service Release Notes

Jan 20, 2010
Introducing MapQuest Platform Static Maps Wizard
Fixed issues with GIF, PNG image return types, declutter and bestfit longitude parameter.

 

Oct 30, 2009
No minimum size for a static map image.
Type to be optional, defaulting to Map.
Offsets are optional. All points of interests can be specified with or without offsets.
Support for auto-bestfit and decluttering.
Introduced "getplacemap" service for getting place of map using geocoding service.
Support for latitude/langitude encoding with the "shape" parameter.

 

Sept 22, 2009
Support for placing custom icons and flushing them on-demand.
Support for jpg, png, gif image output formats
Support for mcenter, pcenter, scenter, ecenter, stop icons as parameters to "pois"

 

Sept 04, 2009
First release of the MapQuest Platform Static Maps