The Atlas of Canada: New AJAX-like MapServer Interface

[Janice Denovan]

Hi,
Sorry, my mistake. The http://atlas.gc.ca maps run smoothly in Mozilla,
Netscape and InternetExplorer. -Janice

On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:09:14 -0600, Janice Denovan
<jdenovan at GEOREFERENCEONLINE.COM> wrote:

>Hello Jean-Francois,
>
>Beautiful, fast, functional and great documentation. You have built the
>best web map i have ever seen!
>
>Runs great in Mozilla1.9 - Runs great in Netscape7.1 - Does not run in
>IE6...hangs before amimated_map_status1.gif loads? Thanks in advance for
>any ideas on my IE6 issue.
>
>-Janice
>
>
>On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 11:34:14 -0400, Doyon, Jean-Francois <Jean-
>Francois.Doyon at CCRS.NRCAN.GC.CA> wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>The Atlas of Canada recently deployed a new mapping interface for it's
>>MapServer delivered maps.
>>
>>This interface implements an AJAX-like paradigm, with the main difference
>>being that instead of using XML for client-server communications, an
>>invisible Iframe and HTML is used.  This avoids the potential ActiveX
>>security problems on IE browsers, and makes the whole system much simpler
>>IMHO.
>>
>>This interface was also thoroughly tested for usability (Interviews, focus
>>groups, one-way mirrors, etc ...) by our target audience, which is the
>>general public and the educational community.
>>
>>Here are a few examples:
>>
>>http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/maps/economic/si/ls/l10
>>http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/maps/peopleandsociety/immigration/imfb_01
>>http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/maps/peopleandsociety/QOL/eco_qoluc_p
>>http://atlas.gc.ca/site/english/maps/environment/seaice/break-up
>>
>>You can view any of our hundreds of maps using the menu on the left.  Note
>>that Reference Maps and Archive Maps are not MapServer driven.  Archive
>Maps
>>do have a similar type of interface implementation however.
>>
>>I look forward to getting some feedback from the MapServer community!
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>Jean-François Doyon
>>Internet Service Development and Systems Support / Spécialiste de
>>dèveloppements internet et soutien technique
>>Canada Centre for Remote Sensing/Centre Canadien de télédétection
>>Natural Resources Canada/Ressources Naturelles Canada
>>http://atlas.gc.ca
>>Tel./Tél.: (613) 992-4902
>>Fax: (613) 947-2410