The Maps Static API returns a map as a plain image for an img element.
About 14,046 websites in the PageSourceSearch index contain the code that reveals it; the 48 highest-ranked are listed below.
How is Google Maps Static API detected?
The image URL is maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap with the center, zoom and key. The discovery keyword is the exact bytes PageSourceSearch looks for in every stored page and script:
A literal is matched byte for byte, case-sensitively. Combine it with another keyword, a domain, a kind or a date filter on the search page to narrow the list. About Google Maps Static API
Top 50 websites using Google Maps Static API
Ranked by the domain's position in the crawl's ranked list (Common Crawl harmonic centrality), highest first. view source opens the stored page or script with the match highlighted. Computed 2026-10-09 06:05:24 UTC; the list stopped short of 50 because the search's budget ran out.
How does PageSourceSearch know a website uses Google Maps Static API?
By the source itself: The image URL is maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap with the center, zoom and key. PageSourceSearch stores the raw HTML and first-party JavaScript of each crawled site and matches the keyword byte for byte, so every listed site's stored source contains it.
Is this a complete list of websites using Google Maps Static API?
No. The page lists the 50 highest-ranked sites in the index whose source holds the keyword, out of about 14,046 websites that do; the count is the index's estimate at the time the list was computed. Run the keyword as a search to page through all of them, or add a kind or date filter.
How do I find websites that use Google Maps Static API together with another technology?
Search for both keywords at once: several terms separated by spaces must all be found on the same site, or with the Same page toggle in the same page. For example maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap with wp-content/plugins/ lists the WordPress sites that use Google Maps Static API.