Article - CS289544
Mashups in ThingWorx link to maps.google.com even if there is no google widget into the mashup
Modified: 22-Oct-2018
Applies To
- ThingWorx Platform 7.3 SP3 to 8.2
Description
- Because the mashup tries to reach maps.google.com, the device takes more than 1 minute to start from the mashup
- When clicking the View Mashup button on an empty mashup, in the sequence of what things are being called at in the Developers Tools
- In the Request URL, the URL looks like https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js/AuthenticationServiceAuthenticate
- The Google Map Widget extension is installed, but shouldn't lead to this behavior
- Is there a way to not communicate with Google?
- The entire URL including app key is sent to Google even when no Google Map widget is used
- The ideal situation is to have communication with Google only when widget is in use by displaying it in the Mashup and not sending the whole URL to Google authorization services
- In the Network tab from Developers Tools at the JS section there is a reference to google.maps
- Every file with the js extension has a reference to google.maps first
- Is it possible to disable the Google Maps Api or deactivate it?
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