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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I&#8217;m using a WMS service of our base data in a GeoMoose
application.&nbsp; The WMS is at MapServer 6.0.1 with a PNG output type.&nbsp;
My GeoMoose installation is the <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State>
variant 2.2 (MapServer 5.6?).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>This service looks poor in the application when in Internet
Explorer (version 8), but looks great in Firefox, Chrome, and Safari.&nbsp; The
WMS also looks fine in ArcGIS, and also in IE with a simple WMS GetMap request.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Right now, the WMS service and my app are on our test
server, which you should be able to look at.&nbsp; 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:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>WMS Service:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://mapservertest.maine.gov/wms/mapserv.exe?map=c:/wms/basemapNew.map&amp;SERVICE=WMS&amp;">http://mapservertest.maine.gov/wms/mapserv.exe?map=c:/wms/basemapNew.map&amp;SERVICE=WMS&amp;</a>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-WMS version 1.1.1<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Here is the URL for the simple WMS request I tried, and
looks OK in IE:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://mapservertest.maine.gov/wms/mapserv.exe?map=c:/wms/basemapNew.map&amp;SERVICE=wms&amp;version=1.1.1&amp;request=GetMap&amp;layers=towns24_poly,Roads,Hydrography&amp;BBOX=437700,4907800,439030,4909100&amp;SRS=EPSG:26919&amp;FORMAT=image/png&amp;width=800&amp;height=600">http://mapservertest.maine.gov/wms/mapserv.exe?map=c:/wms/basemapNew.map&amp;SERVICE=wms&amp;version=1.1.1&amp;request=GetMap&amp;layers=towns24_poly,Roads,Hydrography&amp;BBOX=437700,4907800,439030,4909100&amp;SRS=EPSG:26919&amp;FORMAT=image/png&amp;width=800&amp;height=600</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>GeoMoose Application:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://mapservergeotest.maine.gov/broadband/index.html">http://mapservergeotest.maine.gov/broadband/index.html#</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
-Zoom in on a town and you will see poor graphic quality in IE, but looks good
in other browsers.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>But what could be causing the poor display only with IE?&nbsp;
Could it be OpenLayers causing the problem?&nbsp; Other ideas?&nbsp; Has anyone
else had this experience?&nbsp; Is there some setting on IE that I need to
adjust?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Bob<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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