Jason,<br><br>I am using Google Streets actually :).  It just isn&#39;t working out for me atm...<br><br><br>Andreas,<br><br>I tried both suggestions.  I got rid of the &#39;map&#39; parameter in the map instantiation and had the same result, the layer was blank.  Then I tried again with using my options variable in my mapPanel and nothing loaded up at all when I did this :(<br>
My entire page was blank...<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>elshae<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Andreas Hocevar <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:ahocevar@opengeo.org">ahocevar@opengeo.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Hi,<br>
<br>
the problem here is that you configure the OpenLayers map in the wrong mode. See below:<br>
<div class="im"><br>
On Sep 23, 2010, at 21:43 , IT Intern wrote:<br>
<br>
&gt; Hello GeoExt users,<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; This one&#39;s gotten me totally stumped.  I have some base layers and a few wms overlays.  When my page loads it shows the base layer for a quick second and then goes blank as it loads my overlays.  It stays blank until I click the map, etc.  Then it displays properly.  I&#39;ve Googled all sorts of things concerning this sort of issue and have come up with nothing that gives me a hint as to why this could be.  This never happened to me before until I started using GeoExt to display my map.  Is it something in code I must write for GeoExt or OpenLayers so that this doesnt happen?  It&#39;s driving me crazy!!!<br>

&gt;<br>
&gt; Code:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; //Base Layers<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;              var ghyb = new OpenLayers.Layer.Google(<br>
&gt;                     &quot;Google Hybrid&quot;,<br>
&gt;                     {type: google.maps.MapTypeId.HYBRID, numZoomLevels: 20}<br>
&gt;                 );<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             var gmap = new OpenLayers.Layer.Google(<br>
&gt;                     &quot;Google Streets&quot;, // the default<br>
&gt;                     {numZoomLevels: 20},{visibility: true}<br>
&gt;             );<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             var osm = new OpenLayers.Layer.OSM();<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; //.....<br>
&gt; ....<br>
&gt; ....<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; var options = {<br>
&gt;                     controls: [new OpenLayers.Control.Navigation()],<br>
&gt;                     maxExtent: new OpenLayers.Bounds(-20037508.34, -20037508.34, 20037508.34, 20037508.34),<br>
&gt;                     maxResolution: &quot;auto&quot;,<br>
&gt;                     projection: new OpenLayers.Projection(&quot;EPSG:900913&quot;),<br>
&gt;                     units: &#39;m&#39;,<br>
&gt;                     allOverlays: false<br>
&gt;             }<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             var map = new OpenLayers.Map(&#39;map&#39;, options);<br>
<br>
</div>Wrong! If at all, use the following instead:<br>
<br>
              var map = new OpenLayers.Map(options);<br>
<br>
You don&#39;t want to render the map at this point, so you have to configure it without a map div.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
<br>
&gt;             map.addLayers([gmap, ghyb, osm, all_chn, all_tib, chn_bridges, tib_bridges, chn_countys, tib_countys, chn_farms, tib_farms, chn_glaciers, tib_glaciers, chn_grazing, tib_grazing, chn_hwyCrew, tib_hwyCrew, chn_hospitals, tib_hospitals, chn_lakes, tib_lakes, chn_monastaries, tib_monastaries, chn_pass, tib_pass, chn_rivers, tib_rivers, chn_townships, tib_townships, chn_villages, tib_villages]);<br>

&gt;<br>
&gt;             var mapPanel = new GeoExt.MapPanel({<br>
&gt;                 title: &quot;Map&quot;,<br>
&gt;                 map: map,<br>
<br>
</div>Now the preferred way to configure a MapPanel would be to remove the &quot;var map = ...&quot; above entirely, and configure the map here:<br>
<br>
                  map: options,<br>
                  layers: [gmap, ghyb, osm, all_chn, all_tib, chn_bridges, tib_bridges, chn_countys, tib_countys, chn_farms, tib_farms, chn_glaciers, tib_glaciers, chn_grazing, tib_grazing, chn_hwyCrew, tib_hwyCrew, chn_hospitals, tib_hospitals, chn_lakes, tib_lakes, chn_monastaries, tib_monastaries, chn_pass, tib_pass, chn_rivers, tib_rivers, chn_townships, tib_townships, chn_villages, tib_villages]<br>

<br>
Regards,<br>
Andreas.<br>
<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
&gt;                 center: map.setCenter(new OpenLayers.LonLat(93.9, 29.53).transform(new OpenLayers.Projection(&quot;EPSG:4326&quot;), map.getProjectionObject())),<br>
&gt;                 zoom: 9,<br>
&gt;                 region: &quot;center&quot;,<br>
&gt;                 bbar: [{<br>
&gt;                     xtype: &quot;label&quot;,<br>
&gt;                     text: &quot;Scale = 1 : &quot;<br>
&gt;                 }],<br>
&gt;                 items: [{<br>
&gt;                     xtype: &quot;gx_zoomslider&quot;,<br>
&gt;                     vertical: true,<br>
&gt;                     height: 300,<br>
&gt;                     x: 10,<br>
&gt;                     y: 20,<br>
&gt;                     plugins: new GeoExt.ZoomSliderTip()<br>
&gt;                 }]<br>
&gt;             });<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;             var layerRoot = new Ext.tree.TreeNode({<br>
&gt;                 text: &quot;All Layers&quot;,<br>
&gt;                 expanded: true,<br>
&gt;                 autoLoad: true<br>
&gt;                 });<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; //Is there something to set here???<br>
&gt;                 layerRoot.appendChild(new GeoExt.tree.BaseLayerContainer({<br>
&gt;                 text: &quot;Base Layers&quot;,<br>
&gt;                 map: map,<br>
&gt;                 layerStore: mapPanel.layers,<br>
&gt;                 expanded: true,<br>
&gt;                 autoLoad: true<br>
&gt;                 }));<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; //.....<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Thank you very much, I appreciate any suggestions :),<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; elshae<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
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Andreas Hocevar<br>
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