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Google Maps in QlikView Developer no longer available?

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT

Dear all,

since yesterday none of the google maps examples is working any longer in my QlikView Developer! (e.g. see The Google Maps Example with London flats!)

I registred for a new google maps key but there was no effect at all.

What happened? Did Google stop using the static google maps API for QlikView Developer??

I hope anybody will know the answer.

Thanks.

Fabian

Google Maps in QlikView Developer no longer available?

stephencredmond — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:12:53 GMT

Hi Fabian,

Looks like Google have decided that they don't want the .jpg at the end of the API Key. QlikView relies on this so that it recognises that the result is an image.

A little swapping of parameters solves it:


='http://maps.google.com/staticmap?center='
&
num(var_mid_lat, '##############', '.', ',' )
&
','
&
num(var_mid_long, '##############', '.', ',' )
&
'&zoom=$(var_zoom)'
&
'&size='&map_size_x&'x'&map_size_y
&
'&key='&gmap_key
&
'&maptype='&var_maptype
& '.jpg'

Regards,

Stephen

Google Maps in QlikView Developer no longer available?

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:12:54 GMT

Hello Stephen,

thank you for your answer. Indeed it works.

But with your code the maptype parameter won't be working any longer.

What happened?

Fabian

Google Maps in QlikView Developer no longer available?

stephencredmond — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:23:23 GMT

Hi,

Simple fix.

Just change:


& '.jpg'


& '&.jpg'

Stephen

Google Maps in QlikView Developer no longer available?

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:36:44 GMT

OK. Thank you very much.

Fabian

Google Maps in QlikView Developer no longer available?

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:59:38 GMT

Thanks a lot for this tip. Really appreciate it. Thought for a moment Google decided to ban Qlikview clients across their network. Without the change, even trying to embed an image from blogger as a dynamic image background would not work.

Pardon the grammar.

Google Maps in QlikView Developer no longer available?

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:21:26 GMT

why it does not work to me? Here is my code. I added "&" in front of ".jpg"

='http://maps.google.com/staticmap?center='
&
num(var_mid_lat, '##############', '.', ',' )
&
','
&
num(var_mid_long, '##############', '.', ',' )
&
'&zoom=$(var_zoom)'
&
'&size='&map_size_x&'x'&map_size_y
&
'&key='&gmap_key
&
'&maptype='&var_maptype
& '&.jpg'

Anyone could give me the complete code? Thanks

Google Maps in QlikView Developer no longer available?

stephencredmond — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:40:34 GMT

Hi,

Do you have a valid Google Maps API Key?

If you copy this code into a text box, does it create a valid looking URL? If you copy this URL into a web browser, does it work?

Stephen

Google Maps in QlikView Developer no longer available?

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:54:43 GMT

Thanks Stephen,

I did some research and found I need the key.

Now everything works. Thanks again.

Google Maps in QlikView Developer no longer available?

james — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:05:40 GMT

I cannot get this to work any longer...

I thought I registered for a valid key and it still doesnt work.. 1 week ago it did

Any ideas?

I am receiving"Your client does not have permission to get URL " when i use the text object and paste it into a URL

Google Maps in QlikView Developer no longer available?

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:19:11 GMT

Stephen,

I followed your solution in this string and it worked perfectly for my internal app. When I publish that app to the internet as an AJAX app then I lose the mapping functionality again. I have a valid Google API key specific to the domain address. Any thoughts on what might be happening?

thanks,

rob

Google Maps in QlikView Developer no longer available?

stephencredmond — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:29:03 GMT

What version are you on?

Note that the v8.5 demo application doesn't work when published to AJAX.

I have just checked and my v9 app still works in AJAX.

One thing that might be happening is, does the user who runs the web services on your web server have access to the internet? QlikView makes calls to get the picture from the server using the sevice user's connection (not the user who is logged into the document) so if that user can't get to Google Maps then you won't get an image.

Stephen

Google Maps in QlikView Developer no longer available?

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:35:21 GMT

O.k. that makes sense. We are currently on version 8.5. We are switching to 9.1 when it's released on 09/01/09.

thanks for the help.

rob

Google Maps in QlikView Developer no longer available?

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:48:16 GMT

I pasted the url from the text box as suggested above and it works in a browser, but in QV I'm still getting a white box, any suggestions?

Also the QV file is incredibly slow

Google Maps in QlikView Developer no longer available?

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:49:04 GMT

Hi Stephen:

I followed all the steps, and indeed worked for me too.

Aditionaly, as you mentionned, the AJAX in 8.5 is not working.

But this puzzles me a lot, as, before the changes at Google, when it used to work, the Google Maps in AJAX in 8.5 version was working fine.

There is any reason why Google Maps in AJAX, using Qlkikview 8.5 does not work anymore?

Regards,

Edouard Darbellay

Google Maps in QlikView Developer no longer available?

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 13:48:45 GMT

Hi *,

how can I change these settings. Is the image the background of the chart?

Thanks for your help.

Aloah

Google Maps in QlikView Developer no longer available?

stephencredmond — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:51:43 GMT

Hi,

The image setting as outlined above is set in the "Colors" tab of the bubble chart - Dynamic Image property.

Regards,

Stephen

Google Maps in QlikView Developer no longer available?

stephencredmond — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:55:33 GMT

Hi Edouard,

In my experience, the Google Maps demo in 8.5 never worked in either the AJAX or Plugin clients. This is because the way that QlikView worked before 9.0 - it didn't allow a dynamic image to be populated in these controls. This only ever worked in the full client in 8.5.

Regards,

Stephen

Google Maps in QlikView Developer no longer available?

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:57:20 GMT

Are they charging now, or is it still free?????

Monika

Google Maps in QlikView Developer no longer available?

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:23:39 GMT

Monika:

It is still free.

Google will charge only if the number of geocoding or hits goes over a limit.

Edouard