[OpenLayers-Users] slimming OL

[Alexandre Dube]

Hi,

You could use OpenLayerer to do so :

http://openlayerer.appspot.com/

Regards,

Alexandre


P Kishor wrote:
> From Firebug's 'Net' panel, my mixed, OpenLayers, Google Maps test page shows --
>
> Google js
> ----------
> maps: 4.3 KB
> main.js: 67.7 KB
> vp: 661 B
> %7Bmod_drag,mod_ctrapi%7D.js: 11.2 KB
> vp: 660 B
> =============
> That totals 85 KB
>
> OpenLayers.js: 695.1 KB
>
> Why is OL almost 10 times the size of Gmaps scripts?
>
> If I want the functionality somewhat equivalent to what Gmaps
> provides, can I re-build OL with fewer parts so it slims down?
>
> Right now OL is the largest js component of my work, more than Gmaps
> and jQuery combined. Partly, it seems that there are many frameworks
> layered on top of each other. OL depends on Prototype and other
> frameworks, so even if I were using Prototype (I am not, but this is
> just for illustration), I would still get Prototype within OL,
> duplicating stuff.
>
> This is one of the reasons I don't even want to look at GeoExt, and
> MapFish and other frameworks made from OpenLayers, instead trying to
> accomplish my goals with just OL. From MapFish's notes, it is
> "composed of the ExtJS, OpenLayers, GeoExt JavaScript toolkits." So
> MapFish uses ExtJS and GeoExt and OL, and GeoExt uses ExtJS and OL,
> and OL uses Prototype and Rico, and Rico uses Prototype. This is very
> circular and confusing.
>
>   


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Alexandre Dubé
Mapgears
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