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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle15><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Adam,<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Have you
thought about creating the thematic overlays interactively using SLDs? <o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>See <a
href="http://www.cubewerx.com.au/DemoDrapes.html">http://www.cubewerx.com.au/DemoDrapes.html</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>-----Original
Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> Adam Eskreis
[mailto:aeskreis@gmail.com]<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> users@openlayers.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [OpenLayers-Users]
question about overlays</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:36.0pt'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>I am
currently constructing a map with many thematic layers. For those that
don'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. I want these thematic layers to be able to be turned on and
off. 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.
However, my problem is now i have around 40 overlays on my OpenLayers map.
Is this too many? It is taking a long time to load the map now. So
my question, is having a lot of overlays bad practice? 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;mso-color-alt:
windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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