Yep, I would agree.  I traced all the $_SERVER and $_REQUEST variables
and they are the same in both the working an non-working situations.

So I think I am going to have the users send their own map key to my
service and see if that works.  That throws a spanner into the
works...

On Jul 13, 3:23 pm, Michael Geary <m...@mg.to> wrote:
> > well, i checked w/ the user...
> > no luck, he actually is using iframes
>
> Hearsay, your honor!
>
> Seriously, it's impossible to troubleshoot anything based on third-hand
> information like that.
>
> The key check isn't based on a POST variable or an HTTP header. It's just
> based on the URL.
>
> Here's what's needed to tell what is wrong:
>
> 1. The complete URL that was entered into the API key registration form.
>
> 2. The complete URL for the page containing the map. If the map is in an
> IFRAME, this is the URL of that IFRAME.
>
> -Mike
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 11:24 AM, mapdev <b...@diffent.com> wrote:
> > well, i checked w/ the user...
>
> > no luck, he actually is using iframes
>
> > so there must be some other trick to get this to work
>
> > somehow it seems that the HTTP request to Google's site is getting the
> > wrong sender
> > and so the key is invalid.
>
> > i wonder if Google will tell us how they check the "requesting site"
> > so they can insure
> > it has the proper key...is that code open source somewhere?  I can
> > read it, if so...
>
> > if i know what HTTP (POST or otherwise) variable they are checking, i
> > can make sure it is set properly before sending the request.
> > something in the customer's web server must be overriding some
> > variable that shouldn't be overridden.
>
> > On Jul 10, 12:39 pm, mapdev <b...@diffent.com> wrote:
> > > ah, thanks!
>
> > > will follow up on this.
>
> > > On Jul 9, 5:22 pm, Rossko <ros...@culzean.clara.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > > > > <div id="iframe5a">
>
> > > > That's a <div>, not an <iframe>, whatever arbritary id it is given-
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