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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Chris,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>No problem. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything. I'll pursue using the other WMS layers. If it would help for me to test out the FF branch you have, I would be happy to do so.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for a great product,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regina</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Christopher Schmidt [mailto:crschmidt@metacarta.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Fri 5/18/2007 9:21 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Obe, Regina<BR><B>Cc:</B> OpenLayers Users<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [OpenLayers-Users] GML features not lining up in FireFox<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 07:32:42AM -0400, Obe, Regina wrote:<BR>> I have a map that displays a Mapserver WMS of Abandoned property points<BR>> and when the user clicks on a red dot, it queries the WFS service to get<BR>> the detail of that section and overlays the WFS points as an extra<BR>> layer.<BR>> <BR>> In IE 7, my WMS and WFS line up perfectly, but in Firefox, the WFS seems<BR>> a bit skewed off the mark. Am I doing something wrong or is this a<BR>> known issue.<BR>> <BR>> I'm using the OpenLayers version in CVS.<BR>> <BR>> Below is the link to my map.<BR>> <BR>> <A href="http://www.cityofboston.gov/dnd/AbandonedPrivateMap.aspx">http://www.cityofboston.gov/dnd/AbandonedPrivateMap.aspx</A><BR><BR>The short answer is "You can't do that", unfortunately. Using<BR>the commercial layers as a base layer for WFS is not something that<BR>works in 2.4. WE're currently working on a couple of different solutions<BR>for this to be brought in after 2.4.<BR><BR>Since you're in Massachusetts, depending on the type of information<BR>you're interested in from the maps, you may have o ther options for<BR>mapping -- the boston freemap, <A href="http://boston.freemap.in/">http://boston.freemap.in/</A> , offers decent<BR>quality road maps and supports a number of different projections, so you<BR>could use that as a base map instead. (I can help with that if need be.)<BR><BR>If it's important to you to use commercial base layers, I have a branch<BR>of OpenLayers which will work in FF with the commercial base layers,<BR>however, I haven't yet made the neccesary changes to to the VML layer.<BR><BR>So, you have a couple options:<BR> * Pursue using a WMS-basemap, via the Boston Freemap, or directly from<BR> MassGIS. (I can help with this.)<BR> * Wait for future developments which allow this usage.<BR> * Investigate using the SVG branch I talked about -- this one probably<BR> only makes sense if you have someone skilled in Javascript that you<BR> can talk to (whether that's you or someone else).<BR><BR>I'm sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.<BR><BR>Regards,<BR>--<BR>Christopher Schmidt<BR>MetaCarta<BR></FONT></P></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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