[mapserver-users] background map image
Stephen Woodbridge
woodbri at swoodbridge.com
Fri Apr 26 10:01:06 PDT 2002
Joe,
This is a basic feature of mapserver just use it. See
http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?BathymetryHowTo
for more info.
-Steve
Joe Bussell wrote:
>
> In an attempt to speed up map rendering for our site we opted to build a
> set of tiles for the static elements of the data (streets, cities,
> water) which would serve as background images for more frequently
> updated data. The dhtml route of creating a transparent PNG file to
> overlay on top of the map fails for Netscape4.* which apparently has
> poor support for transparent PNG files.
>
> The next choice would be to use other means to combine the images before
> they leave the server. Is there a method for creating a map with
> another image as its background using mapserver? Would this be better
> accomplished using GD.pm?
>
> Joe Bussell
> On Time Systems
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