<div>Okay.&nbsp; I ran the example <a href="http://www.openlayers.org/dev/examples/notile.html">http://www.openlayers.org/dev/examples/notile.html</a></div>
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<div>When I look at the rendered source I see for &quot;WMS.Untiled&quot; layer&nbsp;only one div with a request for the service:</div>
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<div>&lt;DIV style=&quot;LEFT: -99px; OVERFLOW: hidden; WIDTH: 597px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: -99px; HEIGHT: 597px&quot;&gt;&lt;IMG class=olTileImage id=OpenLayersDiv59 style=&quot;WIDTH: 597px; POSITION: relative; HEIGHT: 597px; alt: OpenLayersDiv59&quot; src=&quot;
<a href="http://labs.metacarta.com/wms/vmap0?LAYERS=basic&amp;amp;SERVICE=WMS&amp;amp;VERSION=1.1.1&amp;amp;REQUEST=GetMap&amp;amp;STYLES=&amp;amp;EXCEPTIONS=application%2Fvnd.ogc.se_inimage&amp;amp;FORMAT=image%2Fjpeg&amp;amp;SRS=EPSG%3A4326&amp;amp;BBOX=-10.375,23.625,23.375,57.375&amp;amp;WIDTH=597&amp;amp;HEIGHT=597">
http://labs.metacarta.com/wms/vmap0?LAYERS=basic&amp;amp;SERVICE=WMS&amp;amp;VERSION=1.1.1&amp;amp;REQUEST=GetMap&amp;amp;STYLES=&amp;amp;EXCEPTIONS=application%2Fvnd.ogc.se_inimage&amp;amp;FORMAT=image%2Fjpeg&amp;amp;SRS=EPSG%3A4326&amp;amp;BBOX=-10.375,23.625,23.375,57.375&amp;amp;WIDTH=597&amp;amp;HEIGHT=597
</a>&quot; _eventCacheID=&quot;OpenLayersDiv59_eventCacheID_60&quot; galleryImg=&quot;no&quot; viewRequestID=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;</div>
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<div>But when I access the other example:</div>
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<div>&lt;DIV style=&quot;LEFT: -99px; OVERFLOW: hidden; WIDTH: 597px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: -99px; HEIGHT: 597px&quot;&gt;&lt;IMG class=olTileImage id=OpenLayersDiv59 style=&quot;WIDTH: 597px; POSITION: relative; HEIGHT: 597px; alt: OpenLayersDiv59&quot; src=&quot;
<a href="http://labs.metacarta.com/wms/vmap0?LAYERS=basic&amp;amp;SERVICE=WMS&amp;amp;VERSION=1.1.1&amp;amp;REQUEST=GetMap&amp;amp;STYLES=&amp;amp;EXCEPTIONS=application%2Fvnd.ogc.se_inimage&amp;amp;FORMAT=image%2Fjpeg&amp;amp;SRS=EPSG%3A4326&amp;amp;BBOX=-10.375,23.625,23.375,57.375&amp;amp;WIDTH=597&amp;amp;HEIGHT=597">
http://labs.metacarta.com/wms/vmap0?LAYERS=basic&amp;amp;SERVICE=WMS&amp;amp;VERSION=1.1.1&amp;amp;REQUEST=GetMap&amp;amp;STYLES=&amp;amp;EXCEPTIONS=application%2Fvnd.ogc.se_inimage&amp;amp;FORMAT=image%2Fjpeg&amp;amp;SRS=EPSG%3A4326&amp;amp;BBOX=-10.375,23.625,23.375,57.375&amp;amp;WIDTH=597&amp;amp;HEIGHT=597
</a>&quot; _eventCacheID=&quot;OpenLayersDiv59_eventCacheID_60&quot; galleryImg=&quot;no&quot; viewRequestID=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;<br>&lt;DIV id=OpenLayers.Layer.WMS_42 style=&quot;DISPLAY: block; Z-INDEX: 105; WIDTH: 100%; POSITION: absolute; HEIGHT: 100%&quot; _eventCacheID=&quot;
OpenLayers.Layer.WMS_42_eventCacheID_44&quot;&gt;<br>&lt;DIV style=&quot;LEFT: 0px; OVERFLOW: hidden; WIDTH: 398px; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 0px; HEIGHT: 398px&quot;&gt;&lt;IMG class=olTileImage id=OpenLayersDiv66 style=&quot;WIDTH: 398px; POSITION: relative; HEIGHT: 398px; alt: OpenLayersDiv66&quot; src=&quot;
<a href="http://labs.metacarta.com/wms/vmap0?LAYERS=basic&amp;amp;SERVICE=WMS&amp;amp;VERSION=1.1.1&amp;amp;REQUEST=GetMap&amp;amp;STYLES=&amp;amp;EXCEPTIONS=application%2Fvnd.ogc.se_inimage&amp;amp;FORMAT=image%2Fjpeg&amp;amp;SRS=EPSG%3A4326&amp;amp;BBOX=-4.75,29.25,17.75,51.75&amp;amp;WIDTH=398&amp;amp;HEIGHT=398">
http://labs.metacarta.com/wms/vmap0?LAYERS=basic&amp;amp;SERVICE=WMS&amp;amp;VERSION=1.1.1&amp;amp;REQUEST=GetMap&amp;amp;STYLES=&amp;amp;EXCEPTIONS=application%2Fvnd.ogc.se_inimage&amp;amp;FORMAT=image%2Fjpeg&amp;amp;SRS=EPSG%3A4326&amp;amp;BBOX=-4.75,29.25,17.75,51.75&amp;amp;WIDTH=398&amp;amp;HEIGHT=398
</a>&quot; _eventCacheID=&quot;OpenLayersDiv66_eventCacheID_67&quot; galleryImg=&quot;no&quot; viewRequestID=&quot;4&quot;&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt;<br>&nbsp;</div>
<div>I see TWO divs with the service request in them.&nbsp; In my case this would slow it down because I only want one image on the page for the request.&nbsp; Now it is making TWO calls to the service.&nbsp; Does this have something to do with the ratio?
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<div>Thanks,</div>
<div>Linda Rawson<br>&nbsp;</div>
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