wonderful!  thanks<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Arnd Wippermann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arnd.wippermann@web.de" target="_blank">arnd.wippermann@web.de</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">yes, it is possible, </font></span><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">try</font></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">layer.redraw();</font></span></div>
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<div dir="ltr" align="left"><span><font color="#0000ff" face="Arial">Arnd</font></span></div><br>
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<font face="Tahoma"><b>Von:</b> <a href="mailto:openlayers-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">openlayers-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a> 
[mailto:<a href="mailto:openlayers-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">openlayers-users-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>] <b>Im Auftrag von </b>Jay 
L.<br><b>Gesendet:</b> Freitag, 1. Februar 2013 17:11<br><b>An:</b> 
<a href="mailto:openlayers-users@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">openlayers-users@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><b>Betreff:</b> [OpenLayers-Users] 
Resymbolize without redownloading?<br></font><br></div><div><div class="h5">
<div></div>Posted on gis.stackexchange, but figured I should ask here as well.
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<div>Thanks, </div>
<div>Jay<br>
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GeoJSON 
served via GeoServer to OpenLayers.</p>
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Simple 
question - Is it possible to apply a new styleMap without redownloading the data 
from the server?</p>
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I 
am currently using the following, but am redownloading.</p><pre style="BORDER-BOTTOM:0px;BORDER-LEFT:0px;PADDING-BOTTOM:5px;LINE-HEIGHT:18px;BACKGROUND-COLOR:rgb(238,238,238);MARGIN-TOP:0px;PADDING-LEFT:5px;WIDTH:auto;PADDING-RIGHT:5px;FONT-FAMILY:Consolas,Menlo,Monaco,'Lucida Console','Liberation Mono','DejaVu Sans Mono','Bitstream Vera Sans Mono','Courier New',monospace,serif;MARGIN-BOTTOM:10px;COLOR:rgb(51,51,51);MAX-HEIGHT:600px;FONT-SIZE:12px;VERTICAL-ALIGN:baseline;OVERFLOW:auto;BORDER-TOP:0px;BORDER-RIGHT:0px;PADDING-TOP:5px">
<code style="BORDER-BOTTOM:0px;BORDER-LEFT:0px;PADDING-BOTTOM:0px;MARGIN:0px;PADDING-LEFT:0px;PADDING-RIGHT:0px;FONT-FAMILY:Consolas,Menlo,Monaco,'Lucida Console','Liberation Mono','DejaVu Sans Mono','Bitstream Vera Sans Mono','Courier New',monospace,serif;COLOR:rgb(34,34,34);VERTICAL-ALIGN:baseline;BORDER-TOP:0px;BORDER-RIGHT:0px;PADDING-TOP:0px">layer.styleMap = new_style
layer.refresh({force:true})</code></pre></div></div></div></div></div>
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