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class=662373913-31052007>Slight correction - I meant 2.4</SPAN></FONT></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> users-bounces@openlayers.org
[mailto:users-bounces@openlayers.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Obe,
Regina<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 31, 2007 9:31 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Christopher
Schmidt<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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class=881511713-31052007>Chris,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=881511713-31052007>First wanted to thank you again for your help on
this. Switching to MassGIS WMS Aerial layers helped quite a bit in
allowing to zoom in closer and also highlighting the position in firefox
correctly. I'm using 2.5 by the way.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=881511713-31052007>Now I have a couple other issues which I'm not sure the
best way to tackle.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=881511713-31052007>Here are some links for reference</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=881511713-31052007>Gif interface</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=881511713-31052007><A
href="http://dndmaps.cityofboston.gov/mapserv/dnd/htdocs/remsproperty.htm">http://dndmaps.cityofboston.gov/mapserv/dnd/htdocs/remsproperty.htm</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=881511713-31052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=881511713-31052007>PNG interface</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=881511713-31052007><A
href="http://dndmaps.cityofboston.gov/mapserv/dnd/htdocs/remspropertypng.htm">http://dndmaps.cityofboston.gov/mapserv/dnd/htdocs/remspropertypng...htm</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=881511713-31052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=881511713-31052007>This is a slightly different project from before, but
I'm using basically the same tricks.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=881511713-31052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=881511713-31052007>If you type in </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=881511713-31052007>say 18 intervale </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=881511713-31052007>c</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2><SPAN class=881511713-31052007>lick search and then click on radio
button</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=881511713-31052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=881511713-31052007>Problem 1</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=881511713-31052007>Then click on a brown outlined parcel - in firefox
- quite often it highlights the whole selected parcel black in both the png
and gif interface. It doesn't do this in IE 7.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=881511713-31052007>Less often but sometimes in firefox when you select an
aerial layer for display - it turns the view port black. I haven't
been able to replicate this issue with the PNG interface.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=881511713-31052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=881511713-31052007>Problem 2</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=881511713-31052007>The png interface doesn't really work in IE
6. I know IE 6 doesn't really understand transparent PNGs and from a
quick glance of the Open Layers code (I forget where) - it looks like there is a
hack in place to compensate for that, but in all my efforts, I've never been
able to get this to work in IE6. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=881511713-31052007>Is the only way to combat this to just check if the
version of IE being run is less than 7 use GIF layers and otherwise use PNG, or
is there a more elegant solution to that.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=881511713-31052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=881511713-31052007>Thanks,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=881511713-31052007>Regina</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=881511713-31052007></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> users-bounces@openlayers.org
[mailto:users-bounces@openlayers.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Obe,
Regina<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, May 18, 2007 9:35 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Christopher
Schmidt<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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<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>
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