Did you tinker reverse proxy? Maybe this scenario does not violates the license? # script asks https://site/map/?$1 # map/ is server-side script (or something better built-in webserver for efficiency) that is a wraper between your server and google static maps image.
If I understand you had something similar, maybe it was headers' (referrer, cookies, user agent) problem? I would suggest looking for more technical reason. On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 6:40 PM, PerlGoon <[email protected]> wrote: > My website currently uses the Google static map API to display a small > image of our customer's location. The website is publicly accessible > however is also secure (it has a login section that takes a password). > To avoid the browser's mixed content warning (since the google map URL > is not secure) I created an .htaccess file on our server which > translates a secure URL to google: > > RewriteEngine On > RewriteRule ^(.*) http://maps.google.com/staticmap$1 [QSA] > > This worked for a bit however is no longer working. I've searched for > hours for a solution and the only thing I found was the option to > purchase an enterprise license. Well that's ridiculous... I cannot > justify spending $10,000 so I can display a small secure static map > for 200 of our clients (and our page views would not even come close > to what that $10K includes). > > My question, does anyone know of any alternatives to Google Maps that > allow a secure static map (i.e. Yahoo!, Bing, etc,) for something less > than $10,000? Or does anyone have any suggestions on how to use the > free Google API to achieve this? Caching and saving the map on our > sever is not an option as this volatiles Google's terms. Thanks for > any help! > > -- > > 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=. > > > -- 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=.
