How do I use WMSMapProvider with specific bbox values?

Thank you for the reply. The reason that I am using a Flex project is because I started this effort with Flex to begin with. I was being able to import Modest Maps and its source codes inside of my project so I tried to make it work for my application by modifying a few things. However I do not have any luck with it as of this point.

The reason I am using WMSMapProvider is because I will be running this application in a private network where there will be no internet connection, this is the reason why I set up a GeoServer as my backend WMS map provider.

Aside from TileCaching, I am just trying to have my application to display a map area with the extends I defined but I am still having some trouble with it and here is a snippet my code:

main.mxml:

<modest:mapcomponent height="596" width="920" />

I also made a small change in the WMSMapProvider's default object so that it uses the right layer:
WMSMapProvider.as:

public static const DEFAULT_PARAMS:Object = {
LAYERS: 'mynamespace:newLayer',
....

When I ran the application I am getting a blank canvas back with code described above, but if I ran the following code(changed the provider) :

<modest:mapcomponent height="596" width="920" />

I would end up with a correct map area.

I also tried to browse to the map stored in my GeoServer via the WMS string in a browser and the map shows up correctly as well so I am hoping that it is only something minor that I am missing or a little modifications which I have to make?

http://ip:port/geoserver/wms?bbox=-77.35626,34.64177,-77.31475,34.67548&format=image/png&request=GetMap&version=1.1.1&layers=mynamespace:newLayer&width=920&height=596&srs=EPSG:4326

Thanks again,

Thank you for your reply again, and I actually spent a little more time to give your suggestion a try, first of all I would like to answer your question. The URL I posted above is not what ModestMap is loading, it is actually the request I used in the browser just to see if my parameters are correct. It's a request to GeoServer and GeoServer uses OpenLayers as it's default viewer so the map showed correctly with OpenLayers. Is there a way to actually see what the request that ModestMap uses look like?

I followed your suggestion and created a as3 project and used the code you suggested above with my server's details but I had no luck with it neither. Here is the snippet of my code:


package {
import com.modestmaps.Map;
import com.modestmaps.core.MapExtent;
import com.modestmaps.extras.MapControls;
import com.modestmaps.mapproviders.WMSMapProvider;

import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.display.StageAlign;
import flash.display.StageScaleMode;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;

[SWF(backgroundColor="#ffffff")]
public class ModestTestProject extends Sprite
{
public var map:Map;
public function ModestTestProject()
{
stage.align = StageAlign.TOP_LEFT;
stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;
var wmsProvider:WMSMapProvider = new WMSMapProvider("http://localhost:80/geoserver", {
LAYERS: 'mynamespace:mylayer',
SERVICE: 'WMS',
VERSION: '1.1.1',
REQUEST: 'GetMap',
STYLES: '',
SRS: WMSMapProvider.EPSG_4326,
FORMAT: 'image/png',
WIDTH: '256',
HEIGHT: '256'
});
//map = new Map(stage.stageWidth, stage.stageHeight, true, wmsProvider, new MapExtent(34.67548, 34.64177, -77.31475, -77.35626));
map = new Map(256, 256, true, wmsProvider, new MapExtent(34.7230765, 34.640257, -77.27107, -77.35701));
map.addEventListener(MouseEvent.DOUBLE_CLICK, map.onDoubleClick);
addChild(map);
map.addChild(new MapControls(map));
stage.addEventListener(Event.RESIZE, onStageResize);
}
protected function onStageResize(event:Event):void {
map.setSize(stage.stageWidth, stage.stageHeight);
}
}
}



There is a few things I am trying to understand here, the parameters used in MapExtent, I am assuming it dictates the maximum bounds of my map? Because my wms provider does not provider area of the whole map but the lat/long I included above are the maximum lat/long it can support (just one part of North Carolina). With that said, how does ModestMap determine what's the bbox values (in other words the actual default map area that gets shown on the map)? Everything seems to be set correctly and my only guess is that ModestMap is using a map area that is not defined by my WMS provider. It might be zoomed in too far or zoomed out too far?

I am kind of new to as3, is there a print line method I can use to print the actual lat/long that ModestMap is using for the area?

Thank you once again and I look forward for your response,

As you mentioned earlier, there is minimal supports for Flex and I found that the Map component is replaced by the MapComponent component in Flex and it behaves differently, does ModestMap plans to support Flex in the near future? Such as MapControls for flex, etc.

Having a Map class extending UIComponent would be really helpful. The as Map class worked great for me. But MapComponent from Flex worked a bit different for me, it actually took my whole map regardless of my extent input and scale it down to a really small tile inside of a bigger map area.But the same parameters would work fine with Map class...any insight on that? I included a screenshot of what I meant.

Sorry about the long on-going posting.

P.S. I am trying to work on a Map component version which is Flex friendly on the side but seems like I might need more help regarding it since I am an actionscript beginning.