[Google Charts: Visualization - Geomap] Suddenly gives "Google Maps API error: MissingKeyMapError"

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Luca Ricci

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Jul 7, 2016, 12:17:37 PM7/7/16
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I was using Google Charts with Geomap to display stats on users provenance and started giving me "Google Maps API error: MissingKeyMapError", but I'm not using Google Maps API, am I?
Should I activate an API Key for Google Maps API or is a temporary problem of Google Chats due to the recent change of policy for Google Maps API that now require an API Key to work?
If I should activate an API Key which type of Key should I enable (Google Maps JavaScript API, Google Static Maps API, Google Maps Embed API, Google Maps Geocoding API, ...)?

Thank in advance for your help.

Kenneth Kousen

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Jul 9, 2016, 4:47:31 PM7/9/16
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I'm getting the same error when using google.visualization.Map. I also get a warning that the sensor parameter is not required.

Luca Ricci

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Jul 11, 2016, 3:34:18 AM7/11/16
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Just for record,
I found this issue on google visualization repo:  https://github.com/google/google-visualization-issues/issues/2292
They answer:
Thanks for reporting this. We observed this happening recently, and are working on setting up an API key to avoid that warning message. I believe the sensor message will be avoided with our new way of using the maps API. You can try it now by changing 'current' to 'upcoming' in your google.charts.load() call.

Kenneth Kousen

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Aug 7, 2016, 6:42:10 PM8/7/16
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Is there any resolution for this yet? I'm still stuck with something that used to work fine, and flashes a map but then gives the MissingKeyMapError. 

I tried generating a key for localhost and appending it to the jsapi call, but nothing changed.

Please help.

Ken

Daniel LaLiberte

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Aug 9, 2016, 12:34:49 PM8/9/16
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If you are loading with google.charts.load(), and you load '45' or 'upcoming', you can now add a property to specify a mapsApiKey that you set up for your application.   This is instead of using the generic key that will result in throttling for your users, and a message in your console.

We need to add documentation for how to do this, but until then, here is a very rough outline:  Read the docs at https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/get-api-key to find out how to get your own key.  When using Google Charts, your code will look something like this:

  var myMapsApiKey = 'SomeMagicToSetThis';
  google.charts.load('45', { mapsApiKey: myMapsApiKey, packages: [ 'geochart'] });



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Luca Ricci

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Aug 10, 2016, 4:33:59 AM8/10/16
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Great! I just followed your instructions and it works!
Thanks!
It may be obvious, but the Goggle API to enable in order to use this service is the 'Google Maps JavaScript API'
I'm looking forward to the release for the 'current' version.
Thanks again.
Greetings.

Il giorno martedì 9 agosto 2016 18:34:49 UTC+2, Daniel LaLiberte ha scritto:
If you are loading with google.charts.load(), and you load '45' or 'upcoming', you can now add a property to specify a mapsApiKey that you set up for your application.   This is instead of using the generic key that will result in throttling for your users, and a message in your console.

We need to add documentation for how to do this, but until then, here is a very rough outline:  Read the docs at https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/get-api-key to find out how to get your own key.  When using Google Charts, your code will look something like this:

  var myMapsApiKey = 'SomeMagicToSetThis';
  google.charts.load('45', { mapsApiKey: myMapsApiKey, packages: [ 'geochart'] });



On Sun, Aug 7, 2016 at 6:42 PM, Kenneth Kousen <ken.k...@kousenit.com> wrote:
Is there any resolution for this yet? I'm still stuck with something that used to work fine, and flashes a map but then gives the MissingKeyMapError. 

I tried generating a key for localhost and appending it to the jsapi call, but nothing changed.

Please help.

Ken

On Thursday, July 7, 2016 at 12:17:37 PM UTC-4, Luca Ricci wrote:
I was using Google Charts with Geomap to display stats on users provenance and started giving me "Google Maps API error: MissingKeyMapError", but I'm not using Google Maps API, am I?
Should I activate an API Key for Google Maps API or is a temporary problem of Google Chats due to the recent change of policy for Google Maps API that now require an API Key to work?
If I should activate an API Key which type of Key should I enable (Google Maps JavaScript API, Google Static Maps API, Google Maps Embed API, Google Maps Geocoding API, ...)?

Thank in advance for your help.





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Daniel LaLiberte

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Aug 10, 2016, 12:09:10 PM8/10/16
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Great to hear that you got it working, and thanks for the clarification on which API needs be enabled.

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Neo Zion

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Aug 10, 2016, 3:49:09 PM8/10/16
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Hey,

Version 45 doesn't work for me - the callback function passed to google.charts.setOnLoadCallback is not reached.
Version 44 do work but as I understand it can't accept mapsApiKey parameter.
Here we can see there is no version 45 yet: https://developers.google.com/chart/interactive/docs/release_notes
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Daniel LaLiberte

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Aug 10, 2016, 4:06:22 PM8/10/16
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Neo, have you tried '45' recently?  I just updated it, and more importantly, the loader so that it should be working more reliably. If it still does not work, I would like to investigate why so I will need to see the particulars of how you are loading it.

Please advise.

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Neo Zion

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Aug 10, 2016, 4:20:48 PM8/10/16
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I've tried it right now.
Here is a more extended piece of code:
        var key = '...';
google.charts.load('45', { 'packages': ['geochart'], mapsApiKey: key });
google.charts.setOnLoadCallback(function () {
   //not reached
   alert('great');
});
Please advise.

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Daniel LaLiberte

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Aug 10, 2016, 4:34:14 PM8/10/16
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Maybe I'll need to see more of your example, or maybe the problem involves the mapsApiKey, but here is an example that works with version 45.  Notice I removed the loading of the jsapi library as well:  https://jsfiddle.net/dlaliberte/2cx0xfo7/1/

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Neo Zion

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Aug 10, 2016, 4:51:38 PM8/10/16
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Thanks to your fiddle I got it. The problem was that this file was located and loaded locally in the project that I'm working on:
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.gstatic.com/charts/loader.js"></script>
So it was the outdated version.
Now I'm loading this file directly from this URL and I'm passing the maps key as well and there are no errors nor warnings.
Thank you very much!

Daniel LaLiberte

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Aug 10, 2016, 4:55:14 PM8/10/16
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Good to hear.

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Francesco Moglia

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Hi, how could i resolve the same issue with the Embed API? I have a GEO chart to display google analytics' visitors.

Il giorno mercoledì 10 agosto 2016 22:55:14 UTC+2, Daniel LaLiberte ha scritto:
Good to hear.

On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 4:51 PM, Neo Zion <neo1...@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks to your fiddle I got it. The problem was that this file was located and loaded locally in the project that I'm working on:
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.gstatic.com/charts/loader.js"></script>
So it was the outdated version.
Now I'm loading this file directly from this URL and I'm passing the maps key as well and there are no errors nor warnings.
Thank you very much!

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