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Google Static Maps new api key requirements (#5904)

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* update docs for new api key requirements

Google has changed the static-maps API to require a Google Maps API key.  There is now a required URL param `&key=`

https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/maps-static/intro#quick_example
https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/maps-static/usage-and-billing

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@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ ha_category: User Interface
Using the [generic camera platform] you can present any image on the internet as a camera. Starting release 0.27 these urls can also be based on a template. This example uses this functionality to point a generic camera at the Google Maps static image API and pass in the location of a device. Using the [generic camera platform] you can present any image on the internet as a camera. Starting release 0.27 these urls can also be based on a template. This example uses this functionality to point a generic camera at the Google Maps static image API and pass in the location of a device.
As of June 2018, Google has changed the API limits for static maps. You now need to have a Google Maps API key. Instructions for registering a key can be found [here](https://github.com/googlemaps/google-maps-services-python#api-keys). Replace `YOUR_API_KEY` with the key you registered.
It also leverages the `limit_refetch_to_url_change` option to ensure that we do not make a lot of requests to the Google Maps API. It also leverages the `limit_refetch_to_url_change` option to ensure that we do not make a lot of requests to the Google Maps API.
```yaml ```yaml
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camera: camera:
name: Paulus name: Paulus
platform: generic platform: generic
still_image_url: {% raw %}https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center={{ states.device_tracker.demo_paulus.attributes.latitude }},{{ states.device_tracker.demo_paulus.attributes.longitude }}&zoom=13&size=500x500&maptype=roadmap&markers=color:blue%7Clabel:P%7C{{ states.device_tracker.demo_paulus.attributes.latitude }},{{ states.device_tracker.demo_paulus.attributes.longitude }}{% endraw %} still_image_url: {% raw %}https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center={{ states.device_tracker.demo_paulus.attributes.latitude }},{{ states.device_tracker.demo_paulus.attributes.longitude }}&zoom=13&size=500x500&maptype=roadmap&markers=color:blue%7Clabel:P%7C{{ states.device_tracker.demo_paulus.attributes.latitude }},{{ states.device_tracker.demo_paulus.attributes.longitude }}{% endraw %}&key=YOUR_API_KEY
limit_refetch_to_url_change: true limit_refetch_to_url_change: true
``` ```