On Apr 19, 3:10 pm, Scott H <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am using MarkerLight to put my markers onto my map.  An issue I have
> is that the image I pass in 
> (e.g.http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=mm&chs=24x24&ext=.png&chco=fff...)
> does not appear nicely in IE6.  It isn't a transparent background.
>
> Does anyone know what info I can add to the Google Chart URL for IE6
> to make the image look better in IE6?
>
> I have used MapIconMaker in the past and I believe it achieves the end
> result I want, but I find that MarkerLight's approach to using a DIV
> as an overlay rather than creating a GIcon is so much better in terms
> of performance that it's hard to pass up.  I want to figure out the
> best image to use across all browsers that looks nice and prints
> nicely.  I am fine giving up shadows and the like.
>
> MapIconMaker has a concept of "printImage" and "mozPrintImage". Those
> appear to just have some stuff on the end of the Google Chart image.
> Might those images be better for bad browsers like IE6?
>
> Is there a Google Chart image that works well universally across
> browsers (including IE6) and prints well?

Where is your map?

Have you tried moving the &ext=.png to the end?
(although you may need to implement the alpha image loader yourself
for IE6 with "MarkerLight")

  -- Larry


>
> Thanks in advance.
>
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