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class=072240216-14102011>Hi List:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=072240216-14102011>Why was my vector layer not visible? Javascript cannot
access data from multiple domains. Many thanks to Roald de Wit for a response to
my post (below). Server-side work-around is in the link from Roald's response.
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=2 face=Verdana>David McGee</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=1 face=Verdana>GIS Analyst (Geospatial)<BR>Law &
Community Safety Dep<SPAN class=280542016-27072010>artment</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=1 face=Verdana>City of Richmond<BR>6911 No. 3
Road<BR>Richmond, BC</FONT></DIV></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=072240216-14102011><FONT size=3
face="Times New Roman">Hi,<BR><BR>You are requesting data from a domain that is
different from yours. You'll need to use a proxy script.<BR>There is some more
info about this requirement in the OpenLayers FAQ:<BR></FONT><A
class=moz-txt-link-freetext
title=http://trac.osgeo.org/openlayers/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#ProxyHost
href="http://trac.osgeo.org/openlayers/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#ProxyHost"><FONT
size=3
face="Times New Roman">http://trac.osgeo.org/openlayers/wiki/FrequentlyAskedQuestions#ProxyHost</FONT></A><BR><BR><FONT
size=3 face="Times New Roman">Regards,
Roald</FONT><BR></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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class=072240216-14102011> </SPAN><STRONG>From:</STRONG> McGee, David
<BR><B>Sent:</B> October 12, 2011 05:11 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
'openlayers-users@lists.osgeo.org'<BR><B>Subject:</B> Cannot see Geoserver
Vector Layer With WFS Protocol<BR></FONT></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=665305823-12102011>Hi
List,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=665305823-12102011>I'm very new to
OpenLayers, and would greatly appreciate help with what I'm
doing wrong. I cannot get vector layers sourced from Geoserver to
display using the WFS Protocol. Please see the example
below.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=665305823-12102011>Thanks in advance,</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=665305823-12102011></SPAN>David McGee</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=2 face=Arial><!DOCTYPE
html><BR><html><BR> <head><BR>
<title>WFS Visibility</title><BR> <link rel="stylesheet"
href="<A
href="http://www.openlayers.org/dev/examples/style.css">http://www.openlayers.org/dev/examples/style.css</A>"
type="text/css"><BR> <script src="<A
href='http://www.openlayers.org/dev/OpenLayers.js"></script'>http://www.openlayers.org/dev/OpenLayers.js"></script</A>><BR>
<script
type="text/javascript"><BR>
function
init(){<BR>
var map = new OpenLayers.Map( 'map'
);<BR> var
base = new OpenLayers.Layer.WMS( "WMS
base",<BR>
"<A
href="http://vmap0.tiles.osgeo.org/wms/vmap0">http://vmap0.tiles.osgeo.org/wms/vmap0</A>",<BR>
{<BR> layers:
"basic",<BR> transparent:
"true",<BR> format:
"image/png"<BR> },<BR> {isBaseLayer:
true, visibility:
true}<BR> );<BR> var poi_wfs = new
OpenLayers.Layer.Vector("poi WFS",
{<BR> strategies: [new
OpenLayers.Strategy.BBOX()],<BR> protocol: new
OpenLayers.Protocol.WFS ({<BR>
url: "<A
href="http://demo.opengeo.org/geoserver/wfs">http://demo.opengeo.org/geoserver/wfs</A>",<BR> featureType:
"poi",<BR> featureNS: "<A
href="http://www.census.gov">http://www.census.gov</A>",<BR> srsName:
"EPSG:4326",<BR> version:
"1.1.0"<BR> })<BR> }); <BR> map.addLayers([base,poi_wfs]);<BR> map.addControl(new
OpenLayers.Control.LayerSwitcher());<BR>
map.zoomToMaxExtent();<BR> }
<BR> </script><BR> </head><BR> <body
onload="init()"><BR> <div id="map"
class="smallmap"></div><BR>
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