[mapserver-users] WMS Speed vs Direct URL

[John Callahan]

Is the one tile your are requesting directly through your browser the same
size (in pixels, say 256x256) than each tile being displayed through OL?
 Or is the image requested through the browser much larger in extent and
size than a single OL tile?

- John




On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Andrew Revering <andy at f5data.com> wrote:

> I'm curious if anyone knows why WMS is SOOO much faster when I am loading
> my maps through a map (OpenLayers) than it is when I just try to pull a
> single tile directly through my brower and a WMS url?
>
> It seems like the server takes forever when I just enter a WMS URL into my
> browser's address bar, but when I load the same WMS map through OpenLayers
> its so much faster, despite loading all those seperate tiles individually
> instead of just the one I'm requesting in the browser.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
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