title: How do I save the google image map API picture to my server
body: <p>Is it possible to save the google map image API as an image to my server?</p>
  
  <p><strong>Background:</strong> Google map image API is generating an image of the desired location. Every time I am calling for the external URL. Can I save the map image as an image(png, gif) on my server? This will improve my web page speed. I tried with curl but failed to copy the image</p>
  
  <p>Requested  url 
  <a href="http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=15719%20OAKLEAF%20RUN%20DRIVE,LITHIA,FL,33547,US&amp;zoom=8&amp;size=150x100&amp;markers=color:blue%7Clabel:S%7C11211&amp;sensor=false" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=15719+OAKLEAF+RUN+DRIVE%2CLITHIA%2CFL%2C33547%2CUS&amp;zoom=8&amp;size=150x100&amp;markers=color:blue|label:S|11211&amp;sensor=false</a></p>