[OpenLayers-Users] mapExtents for Layer vs mapExtents for Map

[Eric Lemoine]

On Monday, November 23, 2009, Andreas Hocevar <ahocevar at opengeo.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> srweal wrote:
>> Actually, to simplify this question a bit, can someone please just explain
>> how the setting for mapExtents on a Layer, as opposed to setting mapExtents
>> on the Map differ?
>>
>
> The maxExtent of the active base layer takes precedence over the
> maxExtent of the map. For overlays, maxExtent is only used to determine
> if the layer is to be displayed or not, i.e. if it would be visible in
> the current viewport.

are you sure about that Andreas? I thought only minResolution and
maxResolution were looked at to determine whether an overlay is to be
displayed. I may be wrong, and would appreciate being corrected and
pointed to the relevant code in that case. Thanks,

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