mapnik-org/mapnik — Issue #739: Ability to apply limit to feature query in shapefile plugin
Author: artemp
Created: 2011-10-11 08:10:01+00:00
State: closed
Labels: Shapefile_Input_Driver

Massive shapefiles, at full zoom, can take ages to render. This can be major problem for previewing data while authoring styles. We could have an option to limit the amount of features read from a shapefile (essentially skipping records like an SQL LIMIT) so that rendering speeds become feasible.