[mapserver-users] response time

[Jeff McKenna]

Iratxe Lejarreta wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a map file with many complex layers (saved in Oracle Spatial) and 
> when I run GetCapabilities request, the response time is too large 
> because MapServer needs to calculate the bbox of all layers.
> Is it possible to speed up this process? because if my data are always 
> the same, I don't need to calculate the bbox for each request...
> Thanks!
> 

I think I hit this problem once before and resolved it by using the 
"wms_extent" metadata on the LAYER object...give that a try.

-jeff


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