get_map not passing the API key (HTTP status was ‘403 Forbidden’)

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You need to use register_google(key = "...") in every new session of R. Using api_key = inside the get_map() call does not work.

updated: 2018-12-24 for ggmap 2.7.904 and current Google Cloud API

Step-by-Step Tutorial

1. Update to newest version of ggmap

require(devtools)
devtools::install_github("dkahle/ggmap", ref = "tidyup")

2. Activate your Google API key for all APIs in the Google Cloud Console

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3. Load ggmap and register key

library(ggmap)
register_google(key = "...")     # copied directly from Google Console via 'copy' button

4. Plot default map

ggmap(get_googlemap())

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5. Plot with location name (Geocoding)

ggmap(get_map("Hannover, Germany"))

If you get an error here (e.g., Forbidden 403) you most probably have not activated your key for the right APIs. Tutorial to troubleshoot geocoding

Hannover

6. Plot with longitude and latitude

ggmap(get_map(location=c(16.3738,48.2082), zoom=13, scale=2))

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