Hi, I also have tried to do this and found that it is (for as far as I found) Impossible to block access. The map-javascript needs the info from the xml and this means that the client needs to access the xml (php). This means you cannot block the info without blocking the map accessing the info. You can try some simple techniques as encoding the function in which the xml.php is displayed in the javascript. User either need to decode the javascript or guess the direct path or do some other trick to get the direct path. You should at least set up a robots.txt to block search engines from putting your xml.php in the results What i have done now is let the marker coordinates in the xml as these are fairly fast to copy anyways. The info that takes a bit more effort to get I now get the markerinfowindow information from a php page that reads the id from the marker via $_GET. I initialy did this for speed of the map, but it will also prevent users from just copy pasting your hard work xml.php. Of course they can copy this as well, but they'll have to put some effort in it.
as igloo said, don't put anything on the web you don't want to be displayed in public. Protection of your hard work is nice, but with google maps not realy possible. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
