[OpenLayers-Users] WMS ligthness vs. WFS overlay

[Eric Lemoine]

Hello. OL uses <img> tags for images so HTTP GET is used.

2008/2/4, Andrea Maschio <andrea.maschio at gmail.com>:
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>  David Gadbois ha scritto:
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> o Any SLD_BODY parameter will run into HTTP GET length restrictions pretty
> quickly.
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>  I don't think I know what you're talking about (i mean SLD_BODY), but
> eventually would it be possible to make POST calls instead?
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> o With a WFS layer, the attributes for the features can be available
> client-side, whereas WMS requires a separate GetFeatureInfo round trip.
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>  This is fairly clear, but the advantage for the WMS (that is just a
> workaround for memory issues) could also be the thematic mapping that afaik
> is not available in the WFS specification.
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>  Andrea Maschio
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