very interesting...does anyone have any resources/tutorials for me to get started with this stuff?<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/10/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">bradleyspencer</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:brad@cubewerx.com.au">
brad@cubewerx.com.au</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">











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<p><span><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Adam,</span></font></span></p>

<p><span><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></font></span></p>

<p><span><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Have you
thought about creating the thematic overlays interactively using SLDs? </span></font></span></p>

<p><span><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></font></span></p>

<p><span><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">See <a href="http://www.cubewerx.com.au/DemoDrapes.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://www.cubewerx.com.au/DemoDrapes.html</a>
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<p><span><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Cheers,</span></font></span></p>

<p><span><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></font></span></p>

<p><b><font color="navy" size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: navy; font-weight: bold;">Brad Spencer</span></font></b><b><font color="navy" size="4"><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: navy; font-weight: bold;">
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<p><font color="navy" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: navy;">CubeWerx Australia Pty Ltd</span></font><font color="navy"><span style="color: navy;"></span></font></p>

<p><font color="navy" face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy;">ABN: 37 115 163
285</span></font><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy;"></span></font></p>

<p><font color="navy" face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy;">Mob: +61 (0)404
841 131</span></font><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy;"></span></font></p>

<p><font color="navy" face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy;">Tel/Fax: +61 (0)2
9481 7024</span></font><font color="navy" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy;"></span></font></p>

<p><font color="navy" face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy;">mailto:<a href="mailto:brad@cubewerx.com.au" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">brad@cubewerx.com.au
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<p><font color="navy" face="Times New Roman" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy;"><a href="http://www.cubewerx.com.au" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.cubewerx.com.au
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<p style="margin-left: 36pt;"><font color="black" face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; color: black;">-----Original
Message-----<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Adam Eskreis
[mailto:<a href="mailto:aeskreis@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">aeskreis@gmail.com</a>]<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, 11 April 2007
10:24 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:users@openlayers.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">users@openlayers.org</a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [OpenLayers-Users]
question about overlays</span></font></p>

<p style="margin-left: 36pt;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p style="margin-left: 36pt;"><font color="black" face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">I am
currently constructing a map with many thematic layers.&nbsp; For those that
don&#39;t know, a thematic layer is a layer which color codes certain polygons
based on a certain field, such as population density or something like
that.&nbsp; I want these thematic layers to be able to be turned on and
off.&nbsp; I have each thematic layer set up as a seperate group in the
mapfile, and i set up each one as a seperate overlay in openlayers.&nbsp;
However, my problem is now i have around 40 overlays on my OpenLayers map.&nbsp;
Is this too many?&nbsp; It is taking a long time to load the map now.&nbsp; So
my question, is having a lot of overlays bad practice?&nbsp; If so, how can i
cut down on overlays, but still be able to have each thematic layer be able to
be shown on demand by the user? Thanks. <br>
<br>
-Adam</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color: black;"></span></font></p>

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