I am running a Facebook application that requests static maps for each of its users. Each map is a different map, so it will request at least 1000 per day. The problem is Facebook decides to server-side cache all of its images, which means even though I pass 'maps.google.com/ staticmap...' as the <img> URL, Facebook is in fact the one requesting the images, not the client. So it'll look like 1000 requests from the same user, and get blocked very easily.
I considered caching the images myself, and only when the map data has changed, so in that case it would be fetching the data significantly less. But with enough users, that would easily reach the limit too (and may be against the TOU?). What should I do? I can't think of any feasible way to get the client to request the image, because I'm sandboxed by Facebook... PS: You can't embed arbitrary JavaScript either, so Google Dynamic Maps are out. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
