Ouch. 'Invalid'? That problem means that styledMaps feature is unusable for any cellphone (and perhaps phone apps) operating in France - and who knows for how many other operators in other countries. Okay, there's no problem with their code, their URL requests should pass... you were right earlier to say that it would be easier to find a google fix than contact (all the!) operator(s), but I guess this feature isn't important enough to Google at present for them to implement a workaround for backwards carriers - true, I haven't found one French website using styledMaps - nor many others for that matter.
Disappointed rant aside, now I have to look at my options: either take this up with (all!) the operators, or somehow find a way to ensure certain characters are not misinterpreted/misencoded by any operator. The only way I can do that is capture the returned request URL from the API before it is sent and modify it (narrowed the problem down to ':%' and not just '%' btw) so that it works with French carriers, but if I do that, will it break in others? There's no possible way to test that across all operators. The only imaginable thing I can do in the immediate future is create a condition where a styledMap tile request resulting in an error would make the entire map reload in default format. On Aug 23, 4:59 am, William <[email protected]> wrote: > On Aug 22, 7:58 pm, Sefu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I've submitted an issue - please find it here: > > >http://code.google.com/p/gmaps-api-issues/issues/list > > > ...it has yet to be approved, but let's see how it goes ; P > > OK google was quick to say it was an invalid issue and to follow it up > with the carrier. > > You made a list of test urls, saying "all of the above behave as they > should over a normal ISP connection (Numéricable, Free, Orange), but > the 'hue inclusive' pages fail over mobile networks (Virgin, Orange, > SFR, Bouygues)." Have you tried them on Android yet? I read an > article which says Orange now sells Android in France, so you could > visit an Orange shop and try out your test urls with an Android > handset: > > http://www.9to5mac.com/orange_france_interview_20278 > > ... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" 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-js-api-v3?hl=en.
