Hi Jimmy,

People on the Google Maps forum may have other input, but here are my
comments:

- the static maps api supports markers with letters (A-Z), numbers
(0-9), small google chart icons, or custom markers (up to 64x64). As
such, you will not be able to get a marker with a five digit zip code
on it unless you go down the route of custom images for markers.

- the static maps api supports polylines, but I don't think you'll
want to "point" to outside information using them

- the static maps api doesn't support a JSON format that will help you
create an HTML MAP for use with tooltips


My suggestion would be to switch to the real maps api, if possible,
because you can do this quite easily with javascript

If not possible, the only solution I can think of (without using
custom image markers that contain the zip code numbers) would be to
label your zip code markers A, B, C, etc. and create a legend the
matches marker letters with zip codes (e.g. A = zip code 1, B = zip
code 2, etc.) Here's a quick example:

(static map)
http://maps.google.com/maps/api/staticmap?size=400x400&markers=label:A|33612&markers=label:B|33620&markers=label:C|33647&sensor=false
http://tinyurl.com/2vqhrd6

(legend)
http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=lxy&chs=400x18&chdl=%28A%29+33612|%28B%29+33620|%28C%29+33647&chdlp=b&chco=FE6256
http://tinyurl.com/2w38q2h


Good luck,
Keith

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