On 8/27/07, Fawcett, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think that the summary is that conclusion is that a map file with 500 > layers is going to be significantly more expensive than a map file with > five layers. Even with all of the possible optimization tricks. > > If you really need to have a map file with 500 layers (e.g. you need all > 500 layers to draw one map), you will likely have to deal with slower > performance. > > The bigger question to me is, do you really need 500 layers?! I can't > imagine a lot of applications that would. > > There are people who have lot's of possible data layers, but really only > need a dozen or so at a time. They are using the INCLUDE option or a C > pre-processor to custom build map files on the fly. > > I would first try to figure out if you really needed such a giant map > file.
Hi, Yes, I should be able to split my mapfile into multiple mapfiles. I just wanted to check with the list that having lots of layers in the mapfile can effectively cause performance issues. Thx, -- Eric
