warden, as I understand you, this proxy would be a simple php script which retrieves the map tiles from the OGC server and passes them on to the user client without the user making any accesses to the OGC server directly. That might possibly slow down the map creation but would solve the authentication problem ...
On 17 Feb., 17:22, "warden [Andrew Leach - Maps API Guru]" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Feb 17, 4:13 pm, mmf <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thank you for this information. But how can I then access tiles from > > an authenticated OGC-Server without exposing my login credentials?? > > The server requires httpd authentication. There is no way around that. > > I suppose you could use a proxy. Anonymous requests go to the proxy > which handles the authentication with the OGC server. Your proxy > script would need to do *some* validation or you run the risk of > others misusing your OGC account. > > Andrew --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
