[OpenLayers-Dev] ANN: OpenLayers 2.2 release candidate 1

[Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS)]

Hi Chris,

thanks. That did the trick.

Thanks also for the detailed explanation.

Best regards,
Bart

Christopher Schmidt schreef:
> On Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 09:48:42PM +0200, Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS) wrote:
>   
>> Hey Schuyler,
>>
>> I just tried the 2.2RC1, is WMS Untiled still working? I don't get any 
>> map anymore.
>>
>> It seems OpenLayers is now requesting images larger than 2048 pixels. 
>> Which is over Mapserver's maximum.
>>     
>
> To obtain the behavior of 2.1 in 2.2RC1, you must pass an option of
>  'ratio': 1
>
> to the WMS Untiled constructor. This was to correct bad behavior on the
> part of the Untiled layer, where the slightest, 1 pixel movement would
> cause the entire map to reload, a significant user interaction problem.
>
> The 'ratio' number can be any factor, and will be the amount the WMS
> Untiled layer should scale by. This example will adjust one of your
> layers to use this option correctly: 
>
> var layer = new OpenLayers.Layer.WMS.Untiled( "WorldGen_Outline",
>     "http://www2.dmsolutions.ca/cgi-bin/mswms_world?", 
>     {layers: 'WorldGen_Outline', 'format':'image/png', 'transparent':'true'}, 
>     {'ratio':1}); // <- your change
>
> This is also a bug fix for users who have large screens, since now it's
> possible for them to adjust their map images to have a relative size to
> the map which is smaller than that maximum.
>
> The default behavior was seen as the best choice for user interaction in
> the standard case.
>
> Regards,
>   


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Bart van den Eijnden
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