srweal wrote: > Thanks Andreas and Eric for your responses. But I still have one remaining > question. > > If I set maxExtents on a WMS overlay layer and it is smaller than the > maxExtents of my map, will tiles be requested from the WMS (or TileCache) > for areas that are outside the bounds specified for the WMS layer, but still > within the viewport that is showing the larger extent of the map? >
Only if you set displayOutsideMaxExtent to true. Regards, Andreas. > Steve > > > Andreas Hocevar-2 wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> srweal wrote: >> >>> Actually, to simplify this question a bit, can someone please just >>> explain >>> how the setting for mapExtents on a Layer, as opposed to setting >>> mapExtents >>> on the Map differ? >>> >>> >> The maxExtent of the active base layer takes precedence over the >> maxExtent of the map. For overlays, maxExtent is only used to determine >> if the layer is to be displayed or not, i.e. if it would be visible in >> the current viewport. >> >> >>> I'm particularly interested in whether they each limit the tiles >>> requested >>> from the servers. My situation is that I have a large extent I want >>> visible >>> on the map, but have multiple different layers that each provide tiles >>> for >>> smaller parts of the map extent, so I want them to only request tiles >>> from >>> the appropriate areas. >>> >>> >> In that case you would set a large maxExtent of the map (or base layer), >> and small maxExtents for your other layers. >> >> Regards, >> Andreas. >> >> -- >> Andreas Hocevar >> OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org/ >> Expert service straight from the developers. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Users mailing list >> Users@openlayers.org >> http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> >> >> > > -- Andreas Hocevar OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org/ Expert service straight from the developers. _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@openlayers.org http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users
