i found this nice website https://snazzymaps.com/build-a-map where you can easy style Google Maps the way you like. Many different color-themes are given and the rest is under your control. I think this is very useful to make the maps look like the rest of the style
I hope you like it too.
I first came across snazzymaps in a rival web development application - Sparkle (not as simple as Blocs, but still quite good). They appear to have incorporated Snazzymaps in their map widget. Basically, add a map and then choose from over 150 colour themes from a drop-down menu. It would be really great if this feature could be added to Blocs. I believe the plugin is open source and can be made a part of any web development app. Maybe @norm could take a look at consider this addition for the future!
hello,
Iām trying to get work the snazzymaps map on my website, but I cant preview it, seems like itās not working, Iāve replaced my previous code (the google maps, working perfectly) with the one from snazzy maps, but it does not seems to work, any idea why?![08|690x162]
Did you get a Google API key? You must get one before the map will work. The code creation process in Snazzy Maps usually prompts you to enter the API before it can generate the code.
API keys are usually created for a specific URL. It may be worth uploading the map page to your server to see if it works when online. Do you see a map of any description in the blocs application? If not. it may be an error in the code you copied. If the map has been added correctly, you should see the map but with the watermark āfor development purposes onlyā
I donāt think this is a blocs issue - it looks like the error message is being served from google. This leads me to think that the code is doing its job in trying to retrieve the map date, but google is looking for something else - maybe that API key that was mentioned earlier?
seems like the google API is a paid feature,
so the map does not work, because I havent yet paidā¦
anybody else come through this? do I have it right?
I think you have to give Google your payment details, but they will only charge your account if you exceed a certain number of map views every month. I suggest you sign-up for a google maps account and check what the viewing limits are.