Hi Robert,<br><br>thanks for the info, now in this syntax <br><br>var topowms = new OpenLayers.Layer.WMS( &quot;Topos&quot;,<br>                          &quot;<a href="http://10.64.20.120/cgi-bin/gsswms.exe" target="_blank">http://10.64.20.120/cgi-bin/gsswms.exe</a>?&quot;,<br>
                          {layers: [&#39;nzislands&#39;,&#39;nznoaa&#39;,&#39;nz1mtm&#39;,&#39;nz250ktm&#39;,&#39;nz50ktm&#39;,&#39;linz_orthos&#39;], format: &quot;image/png&quot;},<br><div>                          {singleTile: true, minResolution: 1000} );<br>
<br></div>how do you tell openlayers
the location of the shapefiles? is this variable going to create just a
single layer for all the 7 shapefiles? i need a single layer for each
shapefile so basically there will be 7 non-base layers.