Hmmm. Ok. I guess it's because I keep thinking of them as a WMS, when
really it's a kind of WFS/WMS hybrid.
Thinking about it, it's not much of an issue - most of my layer groups are
for OpenLayers base-maps which aren't really necessary with Google Earth.
Thanks,
Jonathan
On 7 November 2013 15:26, Andrea Aime <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 4:14 PM, Jonathan Moules <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi List,
>> Just wondering if this is a bug or "as designed".
>>
>> I'm using a network link into Google Earth. When I access a Layer Group,
>> rather than treat it as a single layer as happens via typical WMS, in
>> Google Earth all of the component parts function as separate layers.
>>
>> This causes a problem because some of my layer groups have 60 or more
>> layer components (with various scale thresholds), so GE is having to ping
>> GeoServer 60 times every time I pan.
>>
>> Is this by design?
>>
>
> It is. Generating the output for 60 vector layers in a single flat
> document presents some challenges,
> would require some internal rework to be made possible and would possibly
> not work with all the options
> (e.g., I believe there would be some serious issues trying to make
> superoverlays work with that approach).
>
> Cheers
> Andrea
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