[OpenLayers-Users] OpenLayers.Layer.WMS - using SVG Format?

Mon Dec 17 19:24:09 PST 2012

Agree.  I am fairly sure that IE8 doesn't natively support SVG.  If you
are using a browser plugin or addon to render your SVG, you might need
to check its capabilities/compatibility.

Regards,

Harris.

> Due to the way that IE8 handles SVG, I strongly doubt there is a easy
> clean solution for your problem if you must support IE8.
> One option would be to force iframe tiles for the layers you want to use
> SVG for in IE8.
>
> See the description of how to do this in the deprecation note for the
> old WMS.Post layer
> https://github.com/openlayers/openlayers/blob/master/lib/deprecated.js#L1884
>
> set 'maxGetUrlLength' to some small number for the desired WMS layers if
> you can detect that you are on IE8
>
> Matt Priour
> Kestrel Computer Consulting
>
> On 12/17/2012 11:28 AM, Andrew Stewart wrote:
>> Hi Harris,
>>
>> Thanks for the response - unfortunately we are using Internet Explorer 8
>> and that is the browser I'm having issues with. I can just use a
>> standard <html> tag without doctype and the svg layer displays properly
>> within Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari. When I use the same code within
>> IE8 I am getting the invalid pink tiles, but when right-clicking and
>> pasting the request into the browser as -
>>
>> http://testing/Test_WMS/Request.aspx?LAYERS=Neighbourhood_Label&FORMAT=image%2Fsvg%2Bxml&SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1&REQUEST=GetMap&STYLES=&SRS=EPSG%3A3776&BBOX=8613.8870779406,5792610.7620554,15731.338831386,5799728.2138088&WIDTH=256&HEIGHT=256
>>
>> It does show up properly within IE8. Adding the - <!DOCTYPE html> tag
>> gets the pink tiles to dissapear but the OpenLayers Map does not show
>> anything now, any ideas?
>>
>>
>> Andrew Stewart
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Harris Hudson [mailto:hhudson at katmandu.org]
>> Sent: December 14, 2012 11:38 PM
>> To: Andrew Stewart
>> Cc: openlayers-users at lists.osgeo.org
>> Subject: Re: [OpenLayers-Users] OpenLayers.Layer.WMS - using SVG Format?
>>
>> Using OpenLayers.Layer.WMS to add a WMS SVG (image/svg+xml) format layer
>> should work fine for modern browsers.  I've successfully added WMS SVG
>> layers using OpenLayers.Layer.WMS where the layer tiles are added to the
>> map based either on the <img> tag or the <iframe> tag.  You might just
>> need
>> to have <!DOCTYPE html> at the top of your page for versions of IE that
>> support SVG.
>>
>> In non standard cases where your WMS produces a non-static or an
>> interactive
>> SVG layer, or an SVG layer that has external styling for example, then
>> you
>> might consider trying OpenLayers.Layer.WMS.InlineXhtml from the
>> InlineXhtml
>> Addin.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Harris.
>>
>>> Hi, just wondering if instead of pushing out an OpenLayers.Layer.WMS as
>>> format:image/png I can use svg. My getcapabilities request of my WMS
>>> says
>>> that is supports SVG with the following -
>>>
>>> - <GetMap>
>>>    <Format>image/png</Format>
>>>    <Format>image/jpeg</Format>
>>>    <Format>image/svg+xml</Format>
>>>    <Format>svgz</Format>
>>>
>>> However when I declare a WMS layer with svg format it does not show, is
>>> there any way to use SVG with a WMS layer? Thanks.
>>>
>>>   layer_Overview = new OpenLayers.Layer.WMS("Overview Map Layers", wms,
>>> {
>>>      layers: ["OVERVIEW_County", "OVERVIEW_City_Boundaries",
>>> "OVERVIEW_Roads", "OVERVIEW_River", "OVERVIEW_Roads_Highways"],
>>>      VERSION: "1.3.0",
>>>      format: 'image/svg+xml'
>>> }, {
>>>      isBaseLayer: true,
>>>      displayInLayerSwitcher: false,
>>>      singleTile: true,
>>>      buffer: 1,
>>>      ratio: 1
>>> });
>>>
>>>
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