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michaelstancil
December 14, 2021
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Embedding Google Maps in Email

  • December 14, 2021
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Hi all,

 

I was curious if anyone has successfully embedded Google Maps within an email. I've read about the landing page embeds, but I assume the email would be similar. Is it as simple as connecting the embeddable files via a script token?

 

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Best answer by SanfordWhiteman

There’s no need for a webhook (how would you store the binary response?). The Maps service is the src of your img tag.

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SanfordWhiteman
Level 10
December 14, 2021

Mail clients won’t run JS, period.

 

You can use a service that returns a map-like image based on query params in the URL.

Jo_Pitts1
Community Advisor
Community Advisor
December 14, 2021

@michaelstancil ,

try this: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/maps-static/start

I've not done it, but it is pretty straightforward.

Let me know if you need more help.

Cheers

Jo

 

SanfordWhiteman
Level 10
December 14, 2021

I deliberately said “a service” and not Google’s service because of this part, though 🙂 —

 

 

Signed requests aren’t suitable for email on their own.

 

Jo_Pitts1
Community Advisor
Community Advisor
December 15, 2021

True enough. 

 

I suppose it depends on OP's volumes. 

 

That having been said, If one doesn't currently exist, it'd be trivial to create a service that held the signing details, took the balance of parameters in the URL, and requested the image from google, and returned the image to the original caller.

 

Cheers

Jo