is it working now? -- Fábio Miranda Costa Solucione Sistemas Engenheiro de interfaces
On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Paul Saukas <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry forgot to include the correct url :) Requires size, type and sensor. > > > > http://maps.google.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=Albany,Ny&zoom=10&size=512x512&maptype=roadmap&sensor=false > > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Paul Saukas <[email protected]>wrote: > >> yes it is was missing a few key parts. Thanks for the info :) >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 1:37 PM, Tim Wienk <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> > why the highlighted section in the URL string. >>> > Gets set to "&" and not just "&" >>> >>> In HTML, there are certain reserved characters, characters which are >>> part of the HTML markup. The two most important ones are: >>> - & (which starts an HTML entity), therefore to use a literal &, you >>> need to actually use & >>> - < (which starts an HTML tag), therefore to use a literal <, you need >>> to actually use < >>> >>> So since your src attribute needs to contain a &, it is right for it >>> to be &. The browser will parse it just right. >>> >>> Browsers are generally smart enough to figure out when a & is not part >>> of an HTML entity though, which is why a lot of people either don't >>> know or just forget, and don't write their HTML right. >>> >>> Like Aaron just mentioned, your problem is with the URL itself. >>> >>> -- Tim >>> >> >> >
