Mapquest won't load maps : Java issue?
Scott269
their main search screen and I'm unable to zoom/recenter or anything, I
basically get the entire page to load, except for a blank gray square
where the map should be. If I view source however, and copy the big
long hairy address of the map and put it into my address bar, it loads
that map (without the ability to zoom/recenter, of course). I'm
thinking this sounds like a Java issue. In Add/Remove Programs, I had
the JRE Runtime environment Update 6, and went so far as to go get the
latest and greatest Update 9 without success. I found in Mapquest's
FAQ about making the correct security settings for Mapquest to work and
followed them exactly and still haven't gotten it to load. And this
problem isn't just on IE, it won't load in Netscape, Mozilla, or Opera
which I've got on this computer as well. I've got Windows XP with SP2.
I've tried cleaning out Temp Files, Cookies, Cache, etc. with no help.
Any other suggestions? Thanks!
richard
"Scott269" <bulld...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Java is NOT Javascript.
If it's not loading at all, then your javascript is turned off.
If you had looked at the source code, you'd have seen the javascript entries
all over the page.
I called up a map for Salt Lake City Utah and had no problems viewing it or
scrolling.
Using Firefox with Javascript on.
Scott269
Yeah, sorry about that, I of course meant JavaScript problem. But
yeah, I tried Firefox as well and have confirmed the "Enable
JavaScript" checkbox is marked. Still can't get a Mapquest map to come
up. Get a blank area where the map normally would be, get the buttons
for zooming and moving north/west/east/south to come up. But when I
click on any of the zoom buttons on the right side, nothing attempts to
load (although the cursor does turn into a hand, similar to what it
would do when I would mouseover any other links).
Beauregard T. Shagnasty
> Yeah, sorry about that, I of course meant JavaScript problem. But
> yeah, I tried Firefox as well and have confirmed the "Enable
> JavaScript" checkbox is marked. Still can't get a Mapquest map to
> come up. Get a blank area where the map normally would be, get the
> buttons for zooming and moving north/west/east/south to come up. But
> when I click on any of the zoom buttons on the right side, nothing
> attempts to load (although the cursor does turn into a hand, similar
> to what it would do when I would mouseover any other links).
I'll bet you have the HTTP_REFERER blocked. I just experimented with
Firefox, and using the PrefBar to easily toggle the HTTP_REFERER, see
the map with it On and do not see the map with it Off.
Check your HTTP_REFERER here:
http://www.fingerlakesbmw.org/test/fltest.php
PrefBar extension here:
http://prefbar.mozdev.org/
--
-bts
-Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck.
Scott269
Hmmm, well that sounds very likely, I looked into it and found this:
Going to the HTTP_REFERER site, I get ( not sent ) under HTTP_REFERER
However, after downloading the PrefBar and then checking Mapquest with
either Send_Referrer checked or unchecked, it still didn't work. Also
checked back at the HTTP_REFERER checking site and still got { not sent
} with the checkbox marked or unmarked.
I also found that its common for Anti-Virus software to block the HTTP
Refererer. I have Avast! Anti-Virus, I tried temorarily disabling that
as well as XP's Firewall and again, still nothing on Mapquest. So I
guess I'm back to square one...
Beauregard T. Shagnasty
> Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
>> Scott269 wrote:
>>
>>> Yeah, sorry about that, I of course meant JavaScript problem. But
>>> yeah, I tried Firefox as well and have confirmed the "Enable
>>> JavaScript" checkbox is marked. Still can't get a Mapquest map to
>>> come up. Get a blank area where the map normally would be, get the
>>> buttons for zooming and moving north/west/east/south to come up.
>>> But when I click on any of the zoom buttons on the right side,
>>> nothing attempts to load (although the cursor does turn into a
>>> hand, similar to what it would do when I would mouseover any other
>>> links).
>>
>> I'll bet you have the HTTP_REFERER blocked. I just experimented with
>> Firefox, and using the PrefBar to easily toggle the HTTP_REFERER,
>> see the map with it On and do not see the map with it Off.
>>
>> Check your HTTP_REFERER here: http://www.fingerlakesbmw.org/test/fltest.php
>>
>>
>> PrefBar extension here:
>> http://prefbar.mozdev.org/
>
> Hmmm, well that sounds very likely, I looked into it and found this:
>
> Going to the HTTP_REFERER site, I get ( not sent ) under HTTP_REFERER
> However, after downloading the PrefBar and then checking Mapquest
> with either Send_Referrer checked or unchecked, it still didn't work.
> Also checked back at the HTTP_REFERER checking site and still got {
> not sent } with the checkbox marked or unmarked.
Then, as you rightly figure, something else is blocking it.
> I also found that its common for Anti-Virus software to block the
> HTTP Refererer. I have Avast! Anti-Virus, I tried temorarily
> disabling that as well as XP's Firewall and again, still nothing on
> Mapquest. So I guess I'm back to square one...
I also have Avast! on my Windows PC, and don't see any way that it would
or could block the Referer. I have Windows 2000 Pro, so no Windows
firewall; use Kerio instead. Something else you have is blocking it, as
my Firefox/PrefBar checkbox definitely controls show/no show of the map.
How does http://maps.google.com/ work for you?
(JavaScript is required, but not the Referer.)
Scott269
No problem with Google Maps. So I know I can just use that, but
there's other sites out there besides Mapquest that will probably give
me the same problems as Mapquest. So still trying to solve this...
Not sure what else could be blocking HTTP Referer though? I don't have
a pop-up blocker and the only spyware program I use is Adaware, but I
don't have that set up as anything on the toolbar that would contantly
monitor things.
Beauregard T. Shagnasty
> Not sure what else could be blocking HTTP Referer though? I don't
> have a pop-up blocker and the only spyware program I use is Adaware,
> but I don't have that set up as anything on the toolbar that would
> contantly monitor things.
Just to be absolutely sure, have you tried my test page with another
browser?
Here's a slim one, only about 840KB download:
http://offbyone.com/
On the Options menu, you can tick/untick "Send Referrer Header"
but don't expect the maps to work with this browser. <g>
Scott269
Ok, downloaded offbyone and went to
http://www.fingerlakesbmw.org/test/fltest.php and received "{ not sent
}" under HTTP_REFERER for all of these browsers that I have installed:
offbyone
IE 6.0
Mozilla 1.7.5
Opera 9
Firefox 1.5.0.7
Beauregard T. Shagnasty
Then obviously something else on your PC is blocking it, but you knew
that. <g>
Let's try this. Go here:
http://k75s.home.att.net/
and click the "Test your HTTP_REFERER here" link.
Are you using any kind of proxy service with your Charter connection?
Scott269
Going to that site and clicking on the HTTP_REFERER link just takes me
back to the original link you had mentioned, and again got the { not
sent } message.
As for proxies, I'm not using any of them.
Scott269
By the way, just curious, what *should* I be seeing instead of "{ not
sent }" for the HTTP Referer?
Scott269
Nevermind this thread, finally got it to work! Was browsing through my
Add/Remove Programs and came across a Norton Firewall (which I used to
use when I originally got the computer, when it expired I got Avast)
and after removing that, sure enough my HTTP Referer showed up and
Mapquest worked again.
Thanks for the help!
Beauregard T. Shagnasty
> By the way, just curious, what *should* I be seeing instead of "{ not
> sent }" for the HTTP Referer?
You should see just about what your posts here are showing. IE6...
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1; .NET CLR
1.0.3705; .NET CLR 2.0.50727),gzip(gfe),gzip(gfe)
What happened to the Firefox you originally mentioned? It's a much more
secure browser. :-)
> Nevermind this thread, finally got it to work! Was browsing through
> my Add/Remove Programs and came across a Norton Firewall (which I
> used to use when I originally got the computer, when it expired I got
> Avast) and after removing that, sure enough my HTTP Referer showed up
> and Mapquest worked again.
Yay! Heh. Two firewalls... what else of Norton is still running?
> Thanks for the help!
Yer welcome.
mistuh
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I had a related issue, being unable to view images on my online bank account
page via Firefox (could always see it on Int Exp). Thanks VERY MUCH for
those links, because now i can see EVERYTHING. :)
Beauregard T. Shagnasty
> I had a related issue, being unable to view images on my online bank
> account page via Firefox (could always see it on Int Exp). Thanks
> VERY MUCH for those links, because now i can see EVERYTHING. :)
Super!
Actually, the number of pages that "only work in IE" is dwindling
rapidly. There is almost always a way to get around it.