Yes exactly, but if I host the page on archive.org then I can access the data on the same domain. I had a misconception about this whole thing, obviously mashups are going to create a lot more server sided traffic. mike
On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 4:29 PM, Marc Jansen <jan...@terrestris.de> wrote: > Hi Mike, > > as for OpenLayers, it shouldn't be a problem to get it hosted nearly > everywhere since it is only JavaScript. Obviously you cannot use any > datasource, though. Maybe you can set up a proxy that handles the requests, > but I'd doubt that it is possible for your current *.blogspot.com-adress. > > Regards, > Marc > > > > jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote: >> >> Thanks for your advice. That is interesting. >> I never did anything like this, and I feed pretty stupid right now! >> >> But it will be possible to host the webpages on archive.org as well >> and work without the blog itself. It just would be nice to separate >> the display and the data storage. That effectively reduces the usage >> of openlayers to people who have control of domains, right? It will >> not be possible to people to just create maps with any data they want >> without a server to proxy the data. >> >> Now, this example, it displays an openstreetmap map >> http://osmopenlayers.blogspot.com/2009/12/test-of-osm-server.html >> >> but the fetch to : >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/way/24315294/full >> that fails, or never returns. >> >> But the same one to use open layer to load the data from osm fails : >> http://osmopenlayers.blogspot.com/2009/12/get-osm-data-directly.html >> >> It calles get on this url >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/api/0.6/way/24315294 >> in the request XMLHttpRequest.js (line 200) >> >> the other thing is that I dont get any error message about security >> problems >> >> I found this document here: >> http://docs.openlayers.org/library/request.html >> >> So, realistically it is not possible to host open layers on a blog? >> >> >> mike >> >> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Marc Jansen <jan...@terrestris.de> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi Mike, >>> >>> I am pretty sure that you aren't allowed to acces datasources via >>> XHR/AJAX >>> from other servers than the one the original page is served from. >>> >>> see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same_origin_policy >>> >>> Just a quick guess, though. >>> >>> regards, >>> Marc >>> >>> >>> jamesmikedup...@googlemail.com wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hi there, >>>> I have attempted to embed openlayers in a blog post, >>>> and am failing! Any help would be appreciated. >>>> >>>> using osm data hosted OSM data on archive.org >>>> http://osmopenlayers.blogspot.com/2009/12/test-embed.html >>>> >>>> here is get a octet bytestream because archive org does not say the >>>> right filetype. >>>> http://ia341335.us.archive.org/2/items/ZCTA_NJ/zip_07003.poly.osm this >>>> returns a 206 partial content and fails. >>>> >>>> in a pastebin file that is delivered as text: >>>> http://osmopenlayers.blogspot.com/2009/12/hosting-on-pastebin.html >>>> Date Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:15:43 GMT >>>> Server Apache/1.3.33 (Debian GNU/Linux) mod_python/2.7.10 Python/2.3.4 >>>> PHP/4.3.10-22 mod_perl/1.29 >>>> X-Powered-By PHP/4.3.10-22 >>>> Content-Disposition attachment; filename="f28514ba0.txt" >>>> Keep-Alive timeout=15, max=100 >>>> Connection Keep-Alive >>>> Transfer-Encoding chunked >>>> Content-Type text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 >>>> >>>> So the problem might be the attachment... >>>> >>>> and that data from osm directly again on pastebin, >>>> >>>> >>>> http://osmopenlayers.blogspot.com/2009/12/osm-data-from-xml-output-on-pastebin.html >>>> data is here :http://pastebin.com/pastebin.php?dl=f290d5ea6 it returns a >>>> 200 ok. >>>> It returns an : text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 but does not render. >>>> But there is still nothing there >>>> >>>> from osm directly >>>> http://osmopenlayers.blogspot.com/2009/12/get-osm-data-directly.html >>>> firebug says :no element found >>>> >>>> And my last try was to put the code from osm on the page directly, >>>> also not rendering but the xml is loading. >>>> http://osmopenlayers.blogspot.com/2009/12/test-of-osm-server.html >>>> >>>> but nothing is working >>>> >>>> would appreciate any tips and help >>>> thanks >>>> mike >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Users mailing list >>>> Users@openlayers.org >>>> http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users >>>> >>>> >>>> > > _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@openlayers.org http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users