Hi, 2000+ features is way too much for rendering in the browser.
if you use mapserver already, then you can also query the layer as WMS layer, using sld_body with a filter. If your query is complex, use Layer.WMS.Post instead of Layer.WMS to avoid urls that are too long for IE. Regards, Andreas. On 2010-01-06 16:29, steve.tout...@inspq.qc.ca wrote: > > Hi, > I created a WMS (mapserver) layer containing 13400 polygons. It loads > in less then 3 seconds. Good. > > I need to develop a tool for the user so he can create a custom query > on this layer to retreive specific polygons. In a form, the user > select the parameters and launch the request. Here is the code below. > That works, but it takes minutes to render. Per example, a query that > returns 2482 polygons, In firebug I see that the query runs in less > then 2 seconds. > But, It seems that the creation of the geometries is an heavy task. I > get this warning in FF > > > I click on Continue several times and then I get geometries in the map. > > I guess 2482 polygons is simply too much for a vector layer. If that > is the case, is there another format then GeoJson I could use? Maybe > my approach is totally wrong... > > Any comments would be appreciated. > Thanks for your help, > Steve > > The code used: > > Ext.Ajax.request({ > url: 'requeteVulnerabilite.php', > method:'POST', > params: { inddef: cb_inddefValue}, > failure: function(){alert("Ca pas marché");}, > success: function(result, request ) > { > //alert(result.responseText); > vulnerabiliteLayer.destroyFeatures(); > var features = new > OpenLayers.Format.GeoJSON({'internalProjection':map.baseLayer.projection,'externalProjection':map.baseLayer.projection > > > }).read(result.responseText); > var bounds; > if(features) > { > if(features.constructor != Array) { > features = [features]; > } > for(var i=0; i<features.length; ++i) { > if (!bounds) { > bounds = > features[i].geometry.getBounds(); > } else { > > bounds.extend(features[i].geometry.getBounds()); > } > } > vulnerabiliteLayer.addFeatures(features); > map.zoomToExtent(bounds); > } > > } > }); > > > > > /Steve Toutant, M. Sc./ > Analyste en géomatique > Secteur environnement > Direction de la santé environnementale et de la toxicologie > Institut national de santé publique du Québec > 945, avenue Wolfe > Québec, Qc G1V 5B3 > > Tél.: (418) 650-5115 #5281 > Fax.: (418) 654-3144_ > __steve.tout...@inspq.qc.ca_ <mailto:steve.tout...@inspq.qc.ca>_ > __http://www.inspq.qc.ca_ <http://www.inspq.qc.ca/> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users@openlayers.org > http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users > -- Andreas Hocevar OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org/ Expert service straight from the developers. _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@openlayers.org http://openlayers.org/mailman/listinfo/users