diff --git a/utils/junit/src/main/java/org/onlab/junit/TestUtils.java b/utils/junit/src/main/java/org/onlab/junit/TestUtils.java
index 48cba63..04e9600 100644
--- a/utils/junit/src/main/java/org/onlab/junit/TestUtils.java
+++ b/utils/junit/src/main/java/org/onlab/junit/TestUtils.java
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
      *
      * @param constructor Constructor to call
      * @param <T> type of the object to create
-     * @return created object of type <T>
+     * @return created object of type T
      * @throws TestUtilsException if there are reflection errors while calling
      * the constructor
      */
diff --git a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/img/us-map.png b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/img/us-map.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96e84d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/img/us-map.png
Binary files differ
diff --git a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/network.js b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/network.js
index 00dee39..a116faa 100644
--- a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/network.js
+++ b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/network.js
@@ -432,6 +432,14 @@
 //            .attr('id', 'zoomable')
 //            .call(d3.behavior.zoom().on("zoom", zoomRedraw));
 
+        network.svg.append('svg:image')
+            .attr({
+                id: 'bg',
+                width: view.width,
+                height: view.height,
+                'xlink:href': 'img/us-map.png'
+            });
+
 //        function zoomRedraw() {
 //            d3.select("#zoomable").attr("transform",
 //                    "translate(" + d3.event.translate + ")"
diff --git a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/onos.css b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/onos.css
index 3c1fb07..bffcc01 100644
--- a/web/gui/src/main/webapp/onos.css
+++ b/web/gui/src/main/webapp/onos.css
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@
     /*border: 1px dashed red;*/
 }
 
+svg #bg {
+    opacity: 0.5;
+}
+
 
 /*
  * Network Graph elements ======================================
@@ -227,7 +231,7 @@
     width: 280px;
     right: -300px;
     opacity: 0;
-    background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.5);
+    background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0.8);
 
     padding: 10px;
     color: black;