[OpenLayers-Users] How can I set the Initial extents of my map?

[Robert Buckley]

Hello,

In my project (http://maps.zgb.de/www/eeg/wea_wfs.html) I am pretty irritated by 
the fact that the map initates by showing the full extents of the 
sphericalmercator for a couple of seconds before zooming into the extents of the 
data. 
I would like the map to jump straight into the defined extents in the map object 
ie .maxExtent: new OpenLayers.Bounds(912352.369449, 6720955.021855, 
1391765.410767, 7014473.210418),


I am not sure if this occurs "whilst" the data is loading, but I would like the 
map to be restricted to these extents and not to render the whole projection 
before the data is loaded.

Can anyone help?,

Yours,

Rob

var mapOptions = {
projection:epsg3857,
        displayProjection: new OpenLayers.Projection(epsg3857),
        units: "m",
        minScale: 1000,
numZoomLevels: 21,
        maxResolution: 156543.0339,
        maxExtent: new OpenLayers.Bounds(912352.369449, 6720955.021855, 
1391765.410767, 7014473.210418),
        controls: [new OpenLayers.Control.MouseDefaults()
,new OpenLayers.Control.PanZoomBar()
,new OpenLayers.Control.MousePosition()
//,new OpenLayers.Control.LayerSwitcher()
,new OpenLayers.Control.ScaleLine({geodesic: true})]
    };
    
    map_wea = new OpenLayers.Map("map_wea", mapOptions);
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