Set embedded google map to be zoomed out on page load

Question

Hi!

I have a customised google map embedded into my website. Here is the code for it:

<iframe width="640" height="480" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;msa=0&amp;amp;msid=115531006415676945149.00048e1de39f5afb920b0&amp;amp;ll=9.226911,-100.82267&amp;amp;spn=0.005083,0.006866&amp;amp;z=17&amp;amp;output=embed"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;br /><small>View <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;msa=0&amp;amp;msid=115531006415676945149.00048e1de39f5afb920b0&amp;amp;ll=9.226911,-100.82267&amp;amp;spn=0.005083,0.006866&amp;amp;z=17&amp;amp;source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">Retailers</a> in a larger map</small>

What I want to do, is when someone lands on my retailers page, that the map is zoomed out so the user can see the whole world. At the moment, when a user lands on the page, the map is very zoomed in to one particular part of the ocean which is not desirable.

Any help is appreciated! thanks :)

Answer 1

Have a look at this: http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/staticmaps/#Zoomlevels