I apologize I was not giving all the information. It IS a WMS layer and I'm using GeoServer.
Can I use a Vector layer, and still "smartly" query the database to only show documents that would be seen on screen. I have a lot of points that come from the layer, and wouldn't want to always be getting the whole data set. Thank you, Dave On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:38 AM, Alexandre Dube <ad...@mapgears.com> wrote: > Hi Dave, > > What kind of wms server are you using. MapServer ? GeoServer ? Your > question seems more related to one of theses project since you seem to be > using a WMS layer. > > One the other hand, if you used a Vector layer instead with a Cluster > strategy, you could replicate what you need with OpenLayers. The use of > Vector features can slow down your application if you have a lot of them, > though. See the OpenLayers example (1) for more. > > Regards, > > Alexandre > > (1) http://openlayers.org/dev/examples/strategy-cluster.html > > Dave Winfield wrote: > >> Essentially, on my maps, there are multiple things happening at the same >> exact location. Unfortunately right I can't tell that by looking at it >> (there's only one dot being shown) and I can only tell there's more than one >> thing happening when I click on it and do the getFeatureInfo request. >> >> Does anyone know of a way to give a visual cue to the users? Off the top >> of my head I'm thinking either put a number next to it, or just change the >> color using the sld? >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Users mailing list >> Users@openlayers.org >> http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> >> > > > -- > Alexandre Dubé > Mapgears > www.mapgears.com > >
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