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

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