[OpenLayers-Users] Inconsistent IE6 results that seem to depend on how page is loaded

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Mon, Feb 02, 2009 at 05:14:00PM -0800, palewire wrote:
> 
> Thank you for the prompt response, Christopher.
> 
> I am loading the KML layer with the following snippet:
> 
> kml = new OpenLayers.Layer.GML("Polygons", "/kml/polygons.kml", { 
> 		format: OpenLayers.Format.KML,
> 		styleMap: styleMap, 
> 		formatOptions: { extractAttributes: true }
> 	});
> main_map.addLayer(kml_kml);
> 
> And then later on in the code I have a SelectFeature object connected to the
> layer.

Did you try applying the patch I linked? it sounds like it probably
matches your problem. If you did, did it work? 

> Is there a better method than Layer.GML? (And not to get too far afield, but
> why is it called GML if it's for loading KML and GeoJSON?)

Historical reasons. (It didn't use to load other formats.) 

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
MetaCarta