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OpenLayers Cookbook

You're reading from   OpenLayers Cookbook The best method to learn the many ways OpenLayers can be used to render data on maps is to dive straight into these recipes. With a mix of basic and advanced techniques, it's ideal for JavaScript novices and experts alike.

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2012
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781849517843
Length 300 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

OpenLayers Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
1. Web Mapping Basics FREE CHAPTER 2. Adding Raster Layers 3. Working with Vector Layers 4. Working with Events 5. Adding Controls 6. Theming 7. Styling Features 8. Beyond the Basics Index

Setting the tile size in WMS layers


The OpenLayers.Layer.Grid class is a special kind of layer, which divides the layer in different zoom levels composed of a grid of tiles.

The OpenLayers.Layer.WMS class is a subclass of the preceding one and, in addition to working in single tile mode, it can work in tiled mode as well.

Of course, controlling the size of the tiles of the WMS request can affect the performance. By default, the tile size is 256 x 256 pixels, but we can set this to any desired value. Bigger tile sizes means less request to the server but more computation time to generate a bigger image. On the contrary, smaller tile sizes means more server requests and less time to compute smaller images.

How to do it...

To set the tile size, perform the following steps:

  1. Create an HTML file with OpenLayers library dependency.

  2. Add a div element that will hold the map, as follows:

    <!-- Map DOM element -->
    <div id="ch2_tilesize" style="width: 100%; height: 100%;"></div>
  3. Next, initialize...

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