[Users] Base Layer Does Not Display on Initial Load

Andreas Hocevar ahocevar at opengeo.org
Mon Sep 27 16:51:35 CEST 2010


On Sep 27, 2010, at 16:15 , IT Intern wrote:

> Andreas,
> 
> What if I am using an Ext.Panel like this?
> 
> var map = new OpenLayers.Map(options);

Make sure that there is no div in your options.

> 
> var mapPanel = new GeoExt.MapPanel({
>                 title: "Map",
>                 map: map,

You can do this, but then you also have to destroy the map manually.

>                 center: map.setCenter(new OpenLayers.LonLat(93.9, 29.53).transform(new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:4326"), map.getProjectionObject())),

This is wrong. Just provide the center here. Don't call map.setCenter.

>                 zoom: 9, 
>                 region: "center",
>                 bbar: [{
>                     xtype: "label",
>                     text: "Scale = 1 : "
>                 }],
>                 items: [{
>                     xtype: "gx_zoomslider",
>                     vertical: true,
>                     height: 300,
>                     x: 10,
>                     y: 20,
>                     plugins: new GeoExt.ZoomSliderTip()
>                 }]
>             });
> 
> new Ext.Panel({
>                 width: 1800,
>                 height: 600,
>                 layout: "border",
>                 renderTo: document.body,
>                 items: [mapPanel, layerTree]
>                 //items: [mapPanel, groupLayerNode]
>             });
> 
> Because I tried with just using map: options, for the mapPanel and then to refer back to my map was a pain.  I tried using mapPanel.map everywhere the original variable map was used and my code broke.

var mapPanel = new GeoExt.MapPanel({});
var map = mapPanel.map;
// now map is an instance of OpenLayers.Map;

>  I also added renderTo: document.body, but since I have the Ext.Panel, it placed the mapPanel in a separate div, even after specifying width and height.  My only other guess is maybe I need to get rid of the Ext.Panel, but then do I add the items: [layerTree] to the mapPanel instead?  I really like having the Ext.Panel instead and adding things to it...

See above. The only reason why it could fail now is a "div" property in your map options.

Regards,
Andreas.

> 
> Thank you,
> 
> elshae
> 
> On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 6:58 AM, Andreas Hocevar <ahocevar at opengeo.org> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> you have to render the MapPanel to somewhere. Either add "renderTo: document.body" to the mapPanel's configuration, or add it to a container. If you do the former, you also have to configure a width and height on the mapPanel.
> 
> Regards,
> Andreas.
> 
> On Sep 24, 2010, at 19:19 , IT Intern wrote:
> 
> > Jason,
> >
> > I am using Google Streets actually :).  It just isn't working out for me atm...
> >
> >
> > Andreas,
> >
> > I tried both suggestions.  I got rid of the 'map' 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 :(
> > My entire page was blank...
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > elshae
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Andreas Hocevar <ahocevar at opengeo.org> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > the problem here is that you configure the OpenLayers map in the wrong mode. See below:
> >
> > On Sep 23, 2010, at 21:43 , IT Intern wrote:
> >
> > > Hello GeoExt users,
> > >
> > > This one'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'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's driving me crazy!!!
> > >
> > > Code:
> > >
> > > //Base Layers
> > >
> > >              var ghyb = new OpenLayers.Layer.Google(
> > >                     "Google Hybrid",
> > >                     {type: google.maps.MapTypeId.HYBRID, numZoomLevels: 20}
> > >                 );
> > >
> > >             var gmap = new OpenLayers.Layer.Google(
> > >                     "Google Streets", // the default
> > >                     {numZoomLevels: 20},{visibility: true}
> > >             );
> > >
> > >             var osm = new OpenLayers.Layer.OSM();
> > >
> > > //.....
> > > ....
> > > ....
> > >
> > > var options = {
> > >                     controls: [new OpenLayers.Control.Navigation()],
> > >                     maxExtent: new OpenLayers.Bounds(-20037508.34, -20037508.34, 20037508.34, 20037508.34),
> > >                     maxResolution: "auto",
> > >                     projection: new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:900913"),
> > >                     units: 'm',
> > >                     allOverlays: false
> > >             }
> > >
> > >
> > >             var map = new OpenLayers.Map('map', options);
> >
> > Wrong! If at all, use the following instead:
> >
> >              var map = new OpenLayers.Map(options);
> >
> > You don't want to render the map at this point, so you have to configure it without a map div.
> >
> >
> > >             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]);
> > >
> > >             var mapPanel = new GeoExt.MapPanel({
> > >                 title: "Map",
> > >                 map: map,
> >
> > Now the preferred way to configure a MapPanel would be to remove the "var map = ..." above entirely, and configure the map here:
> >
> >                  map: options,
> >                  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]
> >
> > Regards,
> > Andreas.
> >
> > >                 center: map.setCenter(new OpenLayers.LonLat(93.9, 29.53).transform(new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:4326"), map.getProjectionObject())),
> > >                 zoom: 9,
> > >                 region: "center",
> > >                 bbar: [{
> > >                     xtype: "label",
> > >                     text: "Scale = 1 : "
> > >                 }],
> > >                 items: [{
> > >                     xtype: "gx_zoomslider",
> > >                     vertical: true,
> > >                     height: 300,
> > >                     x: 10,
> > >                     y: 20,
> > >                     plugins: new GeoExt.ZoomSliderTip()
> > >                 }]
> > >             });
> > >
> > >             var layerRoot = new Ext.tree.TreeNode({
> > >                 text: "All Layers",
> > >                 expanded: true,
> > >                 autoLoad: true
> > >                 });
> > >
> > > //Is there something to set here???
> > >                 layerRoot.appendChild(new GeoExt.tree.BaseLayerContainer({
> > >                 text: "Base Layers",
> > >                 map: map,
> > >                 layerStore: mapPanel.layers,
> > >                 expanded: true,
> > >                 autoLoad: true
> > >                 }));
> > >
> > > //.....
> > >
> > > Thank you very much, I appreciate any suggestions :),
> > >
> > > elshae
> > >
> > >
> > >
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