[IDV #YMM-469144]: WMS display of transparent image produces white background

> 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
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Ticket ID: YMM-469144
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed