Mapsicle does not work properly in Google Chrome

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. go to
http://gmaps-utility-library-dev.googlecode.com/svn/tags/mapsicle/1.1/examples/s
imple_demo.html
2. use the mouse to pan around (the icon is behind you)
3.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
  The icon has scroll bars (it's a 404 file-not-found error page). There's
  more---see below.
  There should be no scroll bars.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
  Mapsicle 1.1 in Chrome on Win XP (same on OS X)

Please provide any additional information below.
  The problem arises because Chrome's iframe shim points to a non-existent
  file (in SVOverlay.prototype.overlayInit) If you change the src to an
  actual file the scroll bars disappear; however, the street view under
  the icon also disappears, which leaves a big hole. I have attached
  screen shots showing Chrome (wrong) and Firefox (correct).

Original issue reported on code.google.com by urch...@comcast.net on 11 May 2010 at 12:59

Attachments:

• tagdis_chrome.jpg
• tagdis_firefox.jpg

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Thanks for filing this report. 

The missing file is supposed to reside on ProjectX's mapsicle demo page at
http://mapsicle.projectx.co.nz/ (it's a blank HTML page), but that site seems 
to have
gone down. We're working to get it back up ASAP.

The more general problem with Chrome I've talked about here:
http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-utility-library/msg/a5fbaafa5ab446f4

The short version: the way Mapsicle puts overlays above Street View doesn't 
work in
Chrome because Street View treats Chrome differently to work around some 
unrelated
Chrome bugs. This issue has been reported to Google:
http://code.google.com/p/gmaps-api-issues/issues/detail?id=1336

We can use IFRAMEs in the meantime, but Chrome will have the ugly "hole" until 
that
bug is fixed by Google, either with a more sophisticated Maps API workaround, 
or in
Chrome.

Original comment by stephend@gmail.com on 11 May 2010 at 2:33

• Changed state: Started
• Added labels: Class-Mapsicle, Type-Defect

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By the way, tagdis looks neat. Is it something like http://streettag.net/ ?

Original comment by stephend@gmail.com on 11 May 2010 at 2:44

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OK, the mapsicle demos at http://mapsicle.projectx.co.nz/ are back up, and with 
it
the blank html file needed for the IFRAME. The rest of the issue is still 
waiting on
the Google issue.

Original comment by stephend@gmail.com on 12 May 2010 at 2:20

• Changed state: Accepted