Open Layers performance with multiple markers

Hi TMS Team,

We use TMS maps for different tasks.
For example for live gps trackers. This window may display up to 1K markers.
the content is based on SQL and may be filtered by user from GUI.

I've converted this map to FNC and found that FNC OpenLayers is not very responsive 
if you have 200-300 markers.
with 500-1000 - it's not responsive (pan, zoom). Other maps are OK.
despite add & delete marker is still slower in FNC for other providers, with many markers (500-1000) 
- those maps are quite responsive: can zoom and pan.

TMS OS Maps (previous version of maps) works very good with 1000+ markers -
I can pan and zoom without any issues. Add / Delete is much faster.

I have a test app, with 2 maps side-by-side and can compare old vs new maps performance.
OpenLayers map itself in FNC is very smooth (much better than old one), 
but adding more markers is causing significant performance degradation, exponentially. 
It's obvious even visually: on FNC OpenLayers Map I can see how each marker added or deleted + map not responsive at the end.


if you need my example - I can email.
there is nothing special in this example: just FNC Map and OS Map, 2 buttons (add, delete markers),
and edit box / for # of markers to add.

As I have mentioned - it's FNC OpenLayers issue mainly.
Most of our customers use TMS OS Maps now for viewing. 
I.e. I can't switch them to FNC Map solution because GPS tracker will hang with 300 markers.

Thanks

procedure TForm1.btnAddMarkersClick(Sender: TObject);
var
  i: integer;
  FNC_Point: TTMSFNCMapsCoordinateRec;
  IconName: string;
begin
   TMSFNCMaps1.BeginUpdate;

   IconName := 'file://C:/Source/iwwebgmaps_pin.png';
   with TMSFNCMaps1 do
   for i := 0 to edtNumMarkers.Value - 1 do
   begin
     FNC_Point.Latitude := Options.DefaultLatitude+ Random(100)* 0.02;
     FNC_Point.Longitude  := Options.DefaultLongitude+ Random(100)* 0.03;;
     AddMarker(FNC_Point,  IntToStr(i), IconName);
  end;

  TMSFNCMaps1.EndUpdate;

  for i := 0 to edtNumMarkers.Value - 1 do
  begin
    FNC_Point.Latitude   := TMSFNCMaps1.Options.DefaultLatitude+ Random(100)* 0.02;
    FNC_Point.Longitude  := TMSFNCMaps1.Options.DefaultLongitude+ Random(100)* 0.03;;
    WebOSMaps1.Markers.Add(FNC_Point.Latitude, FNC_Point.Longitude, IntToStr(i), IconName, false, true);
  end;
end;

procedure TForm1.btnDelMarkersClick(Sender: TObject);
var
  i: integer;
begin
  TMSFNCMaps1.BeginUpdate;
  TMSFNCMaps1.ClearMarkers;
  TMSFNCMaps1.EndUpdate;

  with WebOSMaps1 do
  for i := Markers.Count - 1 downto 0 do
     Markers.Delete(i);
end;

Hi,


Unfortunately comparing OpenLayers from TMS VCL WEBOSMaps with TMS FNC Maps is like comparing Apples and Oranges. The OpenLayers in TMS VCL WEBOSMaps is based on v2 and in TMS FNC Maps uses the latest version v6. It uses a completely different API base and also different marker code. We'll investigate exactly what is the issue.
Hi,

usually we expect that new version is faster or has similar speed and more features.
old version works fine with 3000 markers. new version is not responsive with 300 markers, 
need to restart the app.

because new version doesn't have marker labels, or polygon labels, 
we need to replicate it with additional popups per marker. will be even slower.

Thanks

We have pinpointed the issue and are currently investigating a workaround

We have applied a fix/workaround for this issue. The next version will address this.

thank you. I understand that TMS is very busy now / with 10.4

will wait for the next version...
regards.

Thanks!

open layers performance, incl. pan and zoom,  with multiple markers is very good in the latest version / June 03.

thanks again.

Thank you for your feedback!