I have been struggling to get the static image to show. Several times I have had it working only to have it disappear again. Today I inspected the broken image icon with Google Chrome and I think I might have found the problem. Chrome says that the server (their server) is forbidding the image.

Here's what Chrome said, "Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 403 (Forbidden)".

The weird part is that the map image shows up fine on the actual Location Map page. Only the static image is broken.

I just installed the newest build today after uninstalling the module, flushing the caches twice, and deleting the Location Map folder via FTP.

Does anyone have any ideas?

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I get the same, although only on some requests. If I hit refresh it displays after a while and then seems to stay there. I'm wondering if this is something on Google's end - IE the image comes back as a 403 if it can't generate fast enough, and then once they've generated it, it'll display ok from then on. I'll have a look at if there's a more reliable way of generating that map.

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Actually, what I posted before isn't right. What's happening is this:

1) Try to display map in site - get 403.
2) Go to map image URL directly in browser to see what's going on - map displays.
3) Map displays correctly in site from then on (cached in browser?).
4) Change the map location, and the cycle continues...

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Same here. Firebug is telling me: "NetworkError: 403 Forbidden - http://maps.google.com/staticmap?......". Where the image should be, only a link is shown: Location map. In Chrome I see a clickable image placeholder instead of a link.

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The static maps API docs make the request to a different URL, with an additional sensor param. Give the attached patch a try - It works for me, but I'd like to make sure this isn't some fluke :)

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I've tested this patch and it worked to solve my issue, the map is now displaying properly.

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Worked for me too.

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Status: Needs review » Closed (fixed)

I've made 2.1 & 1.3 releases, which both contain this fix. Thanks all!

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This fixed it. Thank you Rupertj.

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Version: 7.x-2.0 » 7.x-2.1

I still frequently see the infamous error page instead of a static image, even in 7.x-2.1 and in latest dev :-(

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rupertj CreditAttribution: rupertj commented
Version: 7.x-2.1 » 7.x-2.0

If you want help, you should open a new issue. This one's been closed for ages, and your problem's unlikely to be the same as the one in this issue.

  • Commit bfcec0c on master, 7.x-2.x, 8.x-2.x by rupertj: 
    Issue #1489042 by rupertj, highrockmedia: Fixed the static image block
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I've had this same error with Drupal 8.2.4. All I did was redo my cache with "drush cr".

Solved it. :)