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<p class="MsoPlainText">Hi,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">I made my own map using the Map Server and client with OpenLayers. At zoom out levels, my Overview map becomes dark, however, the box in there is draggable. But, how come it is dark? How to fix that? Root cause?
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Sorry, I'm very new to the map space. So, pardon me for the questions.
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">I included these in this email thread.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><b>Map file, is listed end of the email.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><b>Here is the screen shot I got. Attached.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><b>OpenLayers code used to create the map is also listed here.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">The screenshot can be accessed here too. <a href="http://osgeo-org.1803224.n2.nabble.com/file/n6729648/Dark_Overview_Map.jpg">
http://osgeo-org.1803224.n2.nabble.com/file/n6729648/Dark_Overview_Map.jpg</a> <o:p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">OpenLayers code:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> this.wms_basic_layer = new OpenLayers.Layer.WMS(<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> wms.wms_layer_display_name, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> wms.wms_url, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> {layers: wms.wms_layer_name},<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> {wrapDateLine: true});<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> this.map.addLayer(this.wms_basic_layer)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Map file:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">MAP # a Map file starts with MAP keyword #CONFIG "MS_ERRORFILE" "c:\dev\ms_error.txt"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">#DEBUG 5<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">IMAGETYPE jpeg<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">EXTENT -180 -90 180 90<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">SIZE 256 256<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">SHAPEPATH "."<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">IMAGECOLOR 255 255 255<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">CONFIG "PROJ_LIB" "C:/Program Files (x86)/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/cgi-bin/"
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> PROJECTION<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> "init=epsg:4326"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">END<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> WEB<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> MINSCALEDENOM 1000<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> MAXSCALEDENOM 7000000<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> METADATA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> "wms_title" "WMS Server"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> "wms_abstract" "Vantage WMS Server"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> END<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">END<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> LAYER #basemap<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> NAME basemap # layer name exposted to URL<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> EXTENT -180 -90 180 90 # cover the entire world<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> TILEINDEX "baseGN" # referring to shape file<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">SHAPEPAH\TITLEIDEX.shp<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> TILEITEM "location" # always "location"<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> STATUS ON<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> TYPE RASTER # it's raster image<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> METADATA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"> "wms_title" "basemap"<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">END<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">END<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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