[OpenLayers-Users] Practical number of vector features...

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 06:40:12PM -0600, Steve Lime wrote:
> Hi all: Are there any guidelines for the number of vector features that OL 2.7 can handle? I'm feeding is 450 point features
> as GeoJSON and IE 7 in particular takes forever (ok, just a minute or so) to render the interface. Firefox 2 is quicker but is
> jerky with pan and box zooms. If I make the GeoJSON feed smaller (say under 100) then things work as expected. These is
> are anecdotal ramblings from a XP window box and a crappy labtop (so it may just be me)...

This all sounds like pretty typical performance. 100 features is a good
upper limit if you care about suppoting everyone reasonably.

Regards,
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Christopher Schmidt
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