[OpenLayers-Users] WFS download entire layer possible?

[Eric Lemoine]

On Wednesday, October 21, 2009, Jimmy Aumard <jimmy.aumard at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I try to find a method to download an entire WFS layers but OpenLayers put the bbox of current viewport.
> <wfs:GetFeature xmlns:wfs="http://www.opengis.net/wfs" service="WFS" version="1.1.0" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/wfs http://schemas.opengis.net/wfs/1.1.0/wfs.xsd" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
> <wfs:Query typeName="feature:franchises" srsName="EPSG:900913" xmlns:feature="http://www.openplans.org/topp"><ogc:Filter xmlns:ogc="http://www.opengis.net/ogc">
> <ogc:BBOX>
> <ogc:PropertyName>the_geom</ogc:PropertyName>
> <gml:Envelope xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml" srsName="EPSG:900913">
> <gml:lowerCorner>-3072157.040273 4777008.5190921</gml:lowerCorner>
> <gml:upperCorner>3805952.5117085 7120262.0577829</gml:upperCorner>
> </gml:Envelope></ogc:BBOX></ogc:Filter></wfs:Query>
> </wfs:GetFeature>It's possible to give a specific bbox to the request or don't use bbox?
> Can you help me?

do you use Layer.WFS? You should use Layer.Vector, and configured your
vector layers with a Protocol.WFS and a Strategy.Fixed. The latter
being what will make the entire WFS layer being loaded when the layer
is added to the map.

Cheers,

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