[Geomoose-users] Poor quality WMS display in IE

[Jim Klassen]

That would be great, and I applaud them for their recent progress, but the bigger problem is people would still have to upgrade to use it.

On Oct 20, 2011, at 9:55 AM, Bistrais, Bob wrote:

> OK, I see that too. I think I can afford to disable the fader on these layers, so we’ll get away with this one. 
>  
> The real solution would be for MS to give us a browser that actually works as well as the others.
>  
> From: Brent Fraser [mailto:bfraser at geoanalytic.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 10:42 AM
> To: Bistrais, Bob
> Cc: geomoose-users at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [Geomoose-users] Poor quality WMS display in IE
>  
> Bob,
> 
>   Genius no, but I can be persistent.  This is really just a work-around.  If your users expand the layer name in the Catalog by clicking on it and use Fade/Unfade controls, the problem will appear again (unless you disable the Fade controls).
> 
> 
> Best Regards,
> Brent Fraser
> 
> On 10/20/2011 8:34 AM, Bistrais, Bob wrote:
> Brent- you are a genius!!  I removed the opacity setting for the WMS in mapook.xml, and now it’s looking correct in IE8.
>  
> Thanks!
> Bob
>  
> From: Brent Fraser [mailto:bfraser at geoanalytic.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2011 10:19 AM
> To: Bistrais, Bob
> Cc: geomoose-users at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [Geomoose-users] Poor quality WMS display in IE
>  
> Bob,
> 
>   Check your  "opacity" setting for the WMS <map-source> in your map book and set it to 100 (or remove it).  As Michael points out, IE has problems using both Alpha (a band in the image) and transparency (a setting in the browser) for a PNG image.
> 
> 
> Best Regards,
> Brent Fraser
> 
> On 10/19/2011 3:01 PM, Bistrais, Bob wrote:
> I’m using a WMS service of our base data in a GeoMoose application.  The WMS is at MapServer 6.0.1 with a PNG output type.  My GeoMoose installation is the Oregon variant 2.2 (MapServer 5.6?).
>  
> This service looks poor in the application when in Internet Explorer (version 8), but looks great in Firefox, Chrome, and Safari.  The WMS also looks fine in ArcGIS, and also in IE with a simple WMS GetMap request.
>  
> Right now, the WMS service and my app are on our test server, which you should be able to look at.  I will give you the caveat that the application is still being built and many controls are not yet working, but if anyone wants to take a look, here are the URLs:
>  
> WMS Service:
> http://mapservertest.maine.gov/wms/mapserv.exe?map=c:/wms/basemapNew.map&SERVICE=WMS&     -WMS version 1.1.1
>  
> Here is the URL for the simple WMS request I tried, and looks OK in IE:
> http://mapservertest.maine.gov/wms/mapserv.exe?map=c:/wms/basemapNew.map&SERVICE=wms&version=1.1.1&request=GetMap&layers=towns24_poly,Roads,Hydrography&BBOX=437700,4907800,439030,4909100&SRS=EPSG:26919&FORMAT=image/png&width=800&height=600
>  
> GeoMoose Application:
> http://mapservergeotest.maine.gov/broadband/index.html#   -Zoom in on a town and you will see poor graphic quality in IE, but looks good in other browsers.
>  
>  
> But what could be causing the poor display only with IE?  Could it be OpenLayers causing the problem?  Other ideas?  Has anyone else had this experience?  Is there some setting on IE that I need to adjust?
>  
> Thanks,
> Bob
> 
> 
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