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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Brent- you are a genius!!&nbsp; I removed the
opacity setting for the WMS in mapook.xml, and now it&#8217;s looking correct
in IE8.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

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

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

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span
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size=2 color=black face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:windowtext'> Brent Fraser [mailto:bfraser@geoanalytic.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, October 20, 2011
10:19 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> Bistrais, Bob<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> geomoose-users@lists.osgeo.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [Geomoose-users] Poor
quality WMS display in IE</span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Bob,<br>
<br>
&nbsp; Check your&nbsp; &quot;opacity&quot; setting for the WMS
&lt;map-source&gt; in your map book and set it to 100 (or remove it).&nbsp; 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.<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<pre><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Best Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Brent Fraser<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>

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style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
On 10/19/2011 3:01 PM, Bistrais, Bob wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><u1:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="State"><u1:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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   </u1:shapelayout>
</xml><![endif]-->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 u4:st="on"><st1:place u4:st="on"><st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:state></st1:place></st1:State>
variant 2.2 (MapServer 5.6?).<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><u1:p>&nbsp;</u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black 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. <u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><u1:p>&nbsp;</u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black 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:<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><u1:p>&nbsp;</u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>WMS Service:<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black 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;"
moz-do-not-send=true>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<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><u1:p>&nbsp;</u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black 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:<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black 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"
moz-do-not-send=true>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><u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><u1:p>&nbsp;</u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>GeoMoose Application:<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><a
href="http://mapservergeotest.maine.gov/broadband/index.html"
moz-do-not-send=true>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.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><u1:p>&nbsp;</u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><u1:p>&nbsp;</u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black 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?<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><u1:p>&nbsp;</u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thanks,<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Bob<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<pre><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Geomoose-users mailing list<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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