[OpenLayers-Users] Can multiple layers load in parallel

[Bart van den Eijnden]

Hi Charlie,

are all layers coming from the same host?

Best regards,
Bart

On Mar 1, 2010, at 1:14 PM, Charlie Midtlyng wrote:

> Hi,
> I am using GeoServer, GeoExt and OpenLayers to display maps with different layers. I have expirienced that use of multiple layers slows down the performance of loading the map. 
> It seems that each layer must be fully drawn before the next layer is requested. When I have 6+ layers this is a bottleneck for drawing the map. 
> Is there a way to request these layers in parallel or pseudo-parallel (request layer - get request/request new - draw, instead of request-draw-request-draw...)? 
> 
> Does anyone have a good solution to speed up this process?
> 
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