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Subject: how to detect if terraserver is down
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RobUser is Offline
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2/10/2006 5:32 PM  
We just purchased RasterUSA and pushed it into production, and now terraserver is offline (hopefully temporary). Is there any way to set a timeout so if after 30 seconds or so, it gives up and I can provide the user with a friendly error message? I've discovered that the bitmap returned is null after it times out, but the timeout is way too long (4 minutes).
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2/13/2006 11:22 AM  

kuchinski,

Thanks for your question!

Currently there is no way to change the the timeout.
We will pass your question along to the developers for consideration in the next version.

Thanks!
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RobUser is Offline
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4/21/2008 12:08 PM  

Any update on this? It looks like TerraServer is having major issues today, with about 10% of my requests actually returning an image (usually after a goold couple minutes). I have a feeling that they are going to become less and less reliable as Microsoft puts more effort into their VirtualEarth product, slowly letting Terraserver die off. How can I protect my application from slowing to a crawl when TerraServer has problems like this?
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8/21/2008 5:43 PM  
Rob,

As we are only the 'pipe' to TerraServer there is not a way we can control their speed or reliability. You may have to go with a different data provider if TerraServer's performance continues to not meet your expectations.

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