Created a CDN

app/helpers/application_helper.rb

@@ -439,6 +439,23 @@ module ApplicationHelper
 		('<svg' + hash_to_html_attributes(attributes) + '><use xlink:href="/assets/icons.svg#bb-icon-' + id + '"></use></svg>').html_safe
 	end
 
+	def static_map(location, zoom, width, height)
+		require 'fileutils'
+		local_file_name = "#{location}-#{width}x#{height}z#{zoom}.png"
+		file = File.join("public", "maps/#{local_file_name}")
+		FileUtils.mkdir_p("public/maps") unless File.directory?("public/maps")
+		if !File.exist?(file)
+			url = "http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=#{location}&zoom=#{zoom}&size=#{width}x#{height}&maptype=roadmap&markers=size:small%7C#{location}&key=AIzaSyAH7U8xUUb8IwDPy1wWuYGprzxf4E1Jj4o"
+			require 'open-uri'
+			open(file, 'wb') do |f|
+  				f << open(url).read
+			end
+			#FileUtils.cp url, file
+		end
+		
+		"maps/#{local_file_name}"
+	end
+
 	private
 		def _form_field(type, name, value, options)
 			if type == 'check_box'

app/views/layouts/application.html.haml

@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 			\==================================================
 		/ Placed at the top of the document 'cause of turbolinks
 		=# javascript_include_tag '//use.typekit.net/iqv7hcg.js'
-		= javascript_include_tag '//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js'
 		=# javascript_include_tag 'application'
 		=# javascript_include_tag 'nested_form'
 

app/views/organizations/index.html.haml

@@ -13,9 +13,8 @@
 			%h3=territory
 		- cities.sort_by{|k,v|k}.each do |city,organizations|
 			%ul.small-block-grid-1.medium-block-grid-2.large-block-grid-3.org-list.preview-list
-				- uri = CGI::escape(city+' '+country)
 				%li.city
-					%figure{:style => "background-image: url('http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=#{uri}&zoom=4&size=600x300&maptype=roadmap&markers=size:small%7C#{uri}&key=AIzaSyAH7U8xUUb8IwDPy1wWuYGprzxf4E1Jj4o');"}
+					%figure{:style => "background-image: url('" + static_map(CGI::escape(city+' '+country), 4, 600, 300) + "');"}
 						%h4=city
 					- organizations.each do |organization|
 						%li=render 'preview', :organization => organization

app/views/shared/_footer.html.haml

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 		%a{href: '/conferences/'}='Zine'
 	.columns.medium-3.large-3.text-right
 		©2014 Bike!Bike!
+= javascript_include_tag '//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js'
 :javascript
 	#{yield :scripts}
 	$(function(){