On Oct 25, 9:01 am, "William ." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 12:40 AM, bratliff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Eliminating the use of proxies with a JSON interface might appeal to > > some developers. > > Could you explain what you mean by "proxy" server in this context? That's > like another server standing between the client browser and the server > responsible for making a Google Map Layer?
Yes. If I host an application on my server, it cannot send XMLHttpRequests to your server because of cross domain security. It has to send XMLHttpRequests to my own server which are repackaged & forwarded to your server. Every round trip involves four hops. Using JSON, my application hosted on my server can communicate directly with your server. Every round trip involves two hops. Also, JSON is fairly compact compared to XML. Some developers have neither the skills nor the privileges to set up a proxy on their web host provider's server. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
