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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I'm sure this isn't the first time this has been asked, but I'm having real issues with IE8 handling transparencies correctly.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My map file is correctly creating tiles in RGBA mode using PNG24 symbols (including transparency) as data markers. Once the layer is rendered on a Google Map (at 60% opacity) everything is fine in any non-IE browser and IE>=9. IE8 doesn't handle the double opacity at all well and shows grey outlines around the markers.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Is this a Google issue or can I do something different in my map file to generate the tiles differently?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Relevant sample from map file:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>SYMBOL<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> NAME 'cloud_500'<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> TYPE PIXMAP<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> IMAGE './dust_cloud_500.png'<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> END #SYMBOL<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>OUTPUTFORMAT<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> NAME 'png'<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> DRIVER AGG/PNG<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> IMAGEMODE RGBA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> MIMETYPE 'image/png'<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> EXTENSION 'png'<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> TRANSPARENT ON<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>END<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks in advance!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Charlie<span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>