[OpenLayers-Users] Can openlayers read featureserver WFS from remote location?

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 01:35:20PM -0500, Ed Fialkowski wrote:
> Hi List, I have a featureserver WFS set up at computer A.  When I put an
> openlayers app to read it from computer A (local), it works great, even
> though I'm providing a full, remote location for the WFS (
> http://host.com/etc/etc).
> When I put the exact same openlayers app on computer B and provide the same
> remote location URL for the featuresever WFS, I get nothing returned.  The
> app and WFS layer loads fine, but there is no data in the WFS layer.  The
> polygons, etc. are not disaplyed.

> Basically I provide the url for the WFS request, not sure what else to do
> there, so I'm wondering if this functionality is even possible.

http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#WhydoIneedaProxyHost

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same_origin_policy

Regards,
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Christopher Schmidt
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