[OpenLayers-Users] Advice about Google layer limitations

[Andreas Hocevar]

Hi,

Adrian Popa wrote:
> Thank you Andreas for the info. I will try to load the map once the 
> browser is resized to the original dimension and tell you if there is a 
> difference.
> 
> One more question - if the patch or workaround don't work - do you think 
> it's possible to limit the bbox to just the visible area of the map 
> (without extra margins?). I would like to do this either for the Google 
> Layer, or for all the layers - to reduce general load on the server.

For Google layers, this is handled by the Google API. No idea if you can 
do that there. For WMS layers, if using tiles, you can set the buffer 
option to 0. If untiled, set the ratio option to 1.

Regards,
Andreas.