FYI and IIRC, this problem has been around for years ever since Google
Maps had this blue routes feature. :( I doubt Google will fix it. I
think I even contacted Google about it.
On 12/27/2010 5:07 PM PT, David E. Ross typed:
On 12/27/10 4:02 PM, WLS wrote:
NoOp wrote:
On 12/27/2010 12:47 PM, NoOp wrote:
When using:
Build identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.16)
Gecko/20101206 Lightning/1.0b1 SeaMonkey/2.0.11
Linux: Ubuntu 10.04& Ubuntu 10.10 (GNOME)
and Google Maps Directions I am unable to get the overlayed route marker
to print (the line between point A and point B).
Example:
Screenshot of how the map appears on the browser window:
<http://img808.imageshack.us/img808/6371/screenshotgooglemapbrow.png>
Screenshot of page preview& actual print (to pdf, printer - doesn't
matter):
<http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/9540/screenshotgooglemappage.png>
Same issue with Opera. But I am able to print the overlayed route marker
using Chromium or Google Chrome - same system, same printer(s).
Anyone know of a solution for this?
Note: I cannot reproduce on WinXPPro running in a virtual machine with
2.0.11, so I suspect that this is a linux only problem.
Sorry, forgot the screenshot of print preview using WinXP:
<http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/7741/screenshotgooglemapprev.png>
I get the maps fine in SM 2.1b2pre, but not SM 2.0.11.
Build identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686 on x86_64; rv:2.0b9pre)
Gecko/20101227 Firefox/4.0b9pre SeaMonkey/2.1b2pre (KDE 4.5.4)
I get the line on SM 2.0.11, but not the map! LOL!
So is it Linux or SeaMonkey?
WLS
This seems to be another case of screwed-up sniffing.
All of the following were done with SeaMonkey 2.0.11.
With the UA string
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.16)
Gecko/20101123 SeaMonkey/2.0.11
both the map and the blue overlaid route appear okay in my browser
window. The the overlaid route DOES NOT appear in any print operation,
including preview. Thus, the problem is not related to whether the
operating system is Windows or Linux.
With the UA string
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13)
Gecko/20101203 Firefox/3.6.13
both the map and the blue overlaid route appear okay in my browser
window. The the overlaid route DOES indeed appear in print operations,
including preview.
In the case of SM 2.1b2pre, I suspect the "pre" is the key :-) Google
Maps might have sniffed this as being for a Pre smart phone, in which
case the mapping apparently works. (Not having -- or wanting -- any
smart phone, I can't test that.) However, the experience of Barry
Gilmour indicates otherwise. Maybe it's the combination of "pre" and
"KDE" that works. Also not having Linux, this is another one I can't
test.
In the case of Opera, it might be a browser that Google ignores while
sniffing.
I found four open bug reports about invalid sniffing by Google. While
two of them address problems with Google Maps, none of them specifically
address this problem. I have submitted bug report #621619; see
<https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=621619>.
The problem will not be fixed unless the Web site owner is informed.
(It might still not be fixed.) NoOp is now responsible for notifying
Google of the problem; I won't. You might want to read my
<http://www.rossde.com/internet/sniffing.html> before notifying Google.
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