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> Thanks Yuan... > > tom > Tom, The fixed of the bg transparent is checked in now, you can grep the svn source. Yuan > On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Unidata IDV Support > <address@hidden> wrote: > >> Thanks, Don... > >> > > > > Tom, > > Now the ball back to the IDV court, thanks to Don. ;) > > > > I think I know the answer, and will check in a fix soon. > > > > > > Yuan > > > > Can I make a suggestion here? If the requesturl can be changed to include > > the transparent=true > >> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Unidata IDV Support > >> <address@hidden> wrote: > >> > Tom- > >> > > >> >> I have sent this along to our WMS people (I'm pretty much in the > >> >> middle of this....) and I'll let you know what they say. > >> > > >> > The problem is on the client, not the server. The IDV does not pass > >> > along "transparent=true" on WMS requests, but if it does then the > >> > background is transparent. I'm not keen on making that a permanent > >> > change right now. Someone needs to investigate the side effects first. > >> > > >> > Don > >> > > >> >> On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Unidata IDV Support > >> >> <address@hidden> wrote: > >> >> >> No worries, Julien....thanks for the note. I will see you all next > >> >> >> week! > >> >> >> > >> >> >> tom > >> >> >> > >> >> > Tom, > >> >> > I did some research this issue, the true is that the IDV > >> >> > currently doesn't turn on the Alpha in the field of the image, but > >> >> > even I modified the code to turn this on, the result is still the > >> >> > same. It makes me feel that the image is not opaque. Do you have any > >> >> > other client to verify it? > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > Yuan > >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Unidata IDV Support > >> >> >> <address@hidden> wrote: > >> >> >> > Hi Tom, > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > Thanks for the bug report, and the last one too. > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > Things have been busy around here, so we will try to get to this > >> >> >> > as soon as possible. > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > -Julien > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> >> When I display one of the images from: > >> >> >> >> <http://wms.ssec.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/mapserv?map=/home/wms/data/mapfiles/wxwarn.map&REQUEST=GetCapabilities&SERVICE=WMS&VERSION=1.1.1> > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> I get a white background (see attached). The WMS server folks > >> >> >> >> here > >> >> >> >> tell me that they, by default, are sending a transparent > >> >> >> >> image...but > >> >> >> >> it looks to me like the transparency information is not being > >> >> >> >> handled > >> >> >> >> correctly for the display....and I don't seem to have any way to > >> >> >> >> control the color table for the image.... > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> Thanks. > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> tom > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> -- > >> >> >> >> Tom Whittaker > >> >> >> >> University of Wisconsin-Madison > >> >> >> >> Space Science & Engineering Center (SSEC) > >> >> >> >> Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) > >> >> >> >> 1225 W. Dayton Street > >> >> >> >> Madison, WI 53706 USA > >> >> >> >> ph: +1 608 262 2759 > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > Ticket Details > >> >> >> > =================== > >> >> >> > Ticket ID: YMM-469144 > >> >> >> > Department: Support IDV > >> >> >> > Priority: Normal > >> >> >> > Status: Open > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> >> -- > >> >> >> Tom Whittaker > >> >> >> University of Wisconsin-Madison > >> >> >> Space Science & Engineering Center (SSEC) > >> >> >> Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) > >> >> >> 1225 W. Dayton Street > >> >> >> Madison, WI 53706 USA > >> >> >> ph: +1 608 262 2759 > >> >> >> > >> >> >> > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > Ticket Details > >> >> > =================== > >> >> > Ticket ID: YMM-469144 > >> >> > Department: Support IDV > >> >> > Priority: Normal > >> >> > Status: Open > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> Tom Whittaker > >> >> University of Wisconsin-Madison > >> >> Space Science & Engineering Center (SSEC) > >> >> Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) > >> >> 1225 W. Dayton Street > >> >> Madison, WI 53706 USA > >> >> ph: +1 608 262 2759 > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > Ticket Details > >> > =================== > >> > Ticket ID: YMM-469144 > >> > Department: Support IDV > >> > Priority: Normal > >> > Status: Open > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Tom Whittaker > >> University of Wisconsin-Madison > >> Space Science & Engineering Center (SSEC) > >> Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) > >> 1225 W. Dayton Street > >> Madison, WI 53706 USA > >> ph: +1 608 262 2759 > >> > >> > > > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: YMM-469144 > > Department: Support IDV > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Open > > > > > > > > -- > Tom Whittaker > University of Wisconsin-Madison > Space Science & Engineering Center (SSEC) > Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) > 1225 W. Dayton Street > Madison, WI 53706 USA > ph: +1 608 262 2759 > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: YMM-469144 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed