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12th October 2009 - Link Blog

OSM static map api. A very welcome addition to the OpenStreetMap world (with plenty of options for overlaying points, polygons etc) slightly marred by the size and relative ugliness of the OpenStreetMap watermark.

Posted 12th October 2009 at 1:37 pm

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