At WWDC 2019, Apple announced Maps Web Snapshots for creating a static map from a URL.

• https://developer.apple.com/documentation/snapshots
• Web service endpoint — https://developer.apple.com/documentation/snapshots/create_a_maps_web_snapshot

Generate a URL to display a map from a Apple Maps Web Snapshot.

Find the source code at roblabs/static-maps-cli

# update your credentials in `mapkit-snapshots.js` then install and run
  # privateKey
  # teamId
  # keyId

# install
npm install -g

# run and inspect output
# MapKit JS
mapkit-snapshots

This repo shows working samples of Maps Web Snapshots and Node JS sample code for generating the proper URLs to use in your applications.

Snapshot Parameters or Documenation from Create a Maps Web Snapshot	Parameter examples
center - The center of the map. You can specify center as coordinates or as an address.
	signIt("center=0,0")
	signIt("center=37.839622,-119.515182")
	signIt("center=San%20Diego,%20California")
size & scale - size - The width and height must be within the range of [50, 640]. Default: 600x400. scale - The pixel density of the image. scale=2 returns an image intended for 2× Retina displays.
	signIt("center=San%20Diego,%20California&scale=1")
	signIt("center=San%20Diego,%20California&scale=2")
t - The map type. Possible values: standard, hybrid, satellite, mutedStandard
	signIt("center=37.839622,-119.515182&t=standard")
	signIt("center=37.839622,-119.515182&t=hybrid")
	signIt("center=37.839622,-119.515182&t=satellite")
	signIt("center=37.839622,-119.515182&t=mutedStandard")
	signIt("center=San%20Diego,%20California&t=standard")
	signIt("center=San%20Diego,%20California&t=hybrid")
	signIt("center=San%20Diego,%20California&t=satellite")
	signIt("center=San%20Diego,%20California&t=mutedStandard")
colorScheme - The color scheme of the map. Possible values: light, dark. The dark color scheme only applies to the standard and mutedStandard map types.
	signIt("center=San%20Diego,%20California&t=standard&colorScheme=light")
	signIt("center=San%20Diego,%20California&t=standard&colorScheme=dark")
	signIt("center=San%20Diego,%20California&t=mutedStandard&colorScheme=light")
	signIt("center=San%20Diego,%20California&t=mutedStandard&colorScheme=dark")
z - The zoom level of the map.
	signIt("center=37.839622,-119.515182&z=15")
	signIt("center=37.839622,-119.515182&z=14")
	signIt("center=37.839622,-119.515182&z=13")
	signIt("center=37.839622,-119.515182&z=12")
	signIt("center=37.839622,-119.515182&z=11")
	signIt("center=37.839622,-119.515182&z=10")
	signIt("center=37.839622,-119.515182&z=9")
poi - A Boolean value indicating whether points of interest are shown on the map.
	signIt("center=San%20Francisco,%20California&t=mutedStandard&poi=0")
	signIt("center=San%20Francisco,%20California&t=mutedStandard&poi=1")
lang - The language to be used for labels on the map, Supported values are in locale IDs, such as en-GB or es-MX.
	signIt("center=37.839622,-119.515182&z=3&lang=ar-AR")
	signIt("center=37.839622,-119.515182&z=3&lang=de-DE")
	signIt("center=37.839622,-119.515182&z=3&lang=en-US")
	signIt("center=37.839622,-119.515182&z=3&lang=es-MX")
	signIt("center=37.839622,-119.515182&z=3&lang=es-ES")
	signIt("center=37.839622,-119.515182&z=3&lang=el-GR")
	signIt("center=37.839622,-119.515182&z=3&lang=fi-FI")
	signIt("center=37.839622,-119.515182&z=3&lang=fr-FR")
	signIt("center=37.839622,-119.515182&z=3&lang=ja-JA")
	signIt("center=37.839622,-119.515182&z=3&lang=hu-HU")
	signIt("center=37.839622,-119.515182&z=3&lang=it-IT")
	signIt("center=37.839622,-119.515182&z=3&lang=ko-KO")
	signIt("center=37.839622,-119.515182&z=3&lang=nl-NL")
	signIt("center=37.839622,-119.515182&z=3&lang=no-NO")
	signIt("center=37.839622,-119.515182&z=3&lang=he-HE")
	signIt("center=37.839622,-119.515182&z=3&lang=hi-IN")
	signIt("center=37.839622,-119.515182&z=3&lang=pt-BR")
	signIt("center=37.839622,-119.515182&z=3&lang=ru-RU")
	signIt("center=37.839622,-119.515182&z=3&lang=tr-TR")
	signIt("center=37.839622,-119.515182&z=3&lang=vi-VI")
	signIt("center=37.839622,-119.515182&z=3&lang=zh-ZH")
annotations - Example of Annotations . The array of JSON Annotation, which draws 3 points: a red dot, a green balloon, & blue large annotations, is shown [{"point":"32.73,-117.19", "color":"blue", "glyphText":"A", "markerStyle":"large"}, {"point":"32.71,-117.17", "color":"00ff00","glyphText":"9", "markerStyle":"balloon"}, {"point":"32.69,-117.16", "color":"red", "glyphText":"a", "markerStyle":"dot"} ]
Live example of Annotations	signIt("center=San%20Diego,%20California&<urlEncoded Annotations>")
overlays - Example of Overlays. The array of JSON Overlay objects, which draws a red dashed line over 3 points, is shown: [{"points":["32.73,-117.19","32.71,-117.17","32.69,-117.16"], "strokeColor":"ff0000","lineWidth":2,"lineDash":[10,5]} ]
Live example of Overlays	signIt("center=San%20Diego,%20California&<urlEncoded Overlay>")
Live example of Annotations & Overlays, together	signIt("center=San%20Diego,%20California&<urlEncoded Annotation & Overlay>")