[OpenLayers-Users] keep map displayed when loading on zoom

[Andreas Hocevar]

Florent Gravin wrote:
> Is there a way to keep the map displayed when you zoom (with bad
> resolution) until the new tiles with a better resolution are loaded.
> Like for exemple in Google Map where you NEVER have white map because
> data are loading..

This can be done in OL too. All you need is to pass

    transitionEffect: "resize"

to the layer's options.

To see it in action and as a starting point for your own map, have a
look at http://www.openlayers.org/dev/examples/transition.html

Regards,
Andreas.


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