On Sep 15, 12:41 pm, Papa Bear wrote:
,,,
>
> One last general question: is there a way to set the background to be
> transparent?  If I could do that, I could overlay these maps on top of
> the USGS topos and get native topographic maps on both sides of the
> border.  In other words, the NRCan maps would cover the USGS topos in
> Canada, but not in the US where NRCan produces no layers (at least for
> zoom >= 11).

I figures it out. Combining USGS and NRCan maps:

1) set the "transparent" URL parameter for both USGS topos and NRCan
Vector (CanVec): &transparent=true

2) set the "format" URL parameter for CanVec: &format=image/png

3) set the "format" URL parameter for USGS topo: &format=image/jpeg

4) add this line to WMCreateMap()
if (name=='Topo') tileLayers.push(C_NRCAN_VECTOR.getTileLayers()[0]);

5) create the CanVec map type first

6) create the USGS map type after

Bingo!
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/mvR4Ji08zBbRZNNUHp-pdg?feat=directlink

Now it's time to take a break from this stuff!
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