--- loncom/interface/lonnavmaps.pm	2016/07/18 19:28:57	1.522
+++ loncom/interface/lonnavmaps.pm	2016/09/15 16:30:10	1.524
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # Navigate Maps Handler
 #
-# $Id: lonnavmaps.pm,v 1.522 2016/07/18 19:28:57 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonnavmaps.pm,v 1.524 2016/09/15 16:30:10 damieng Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -4152,6 +4152,7 @@ sub enclosing_map_src {
 }
 sub symb {
     my $self=shift;
+    if (defined $self->{SYMB}) { return $self->{SYMB}; }
     (my $first, my $second) = $self->{ID} =~ /(\d+).(\d+)/;
     my $symbSrc = &Apache::lonnet::declutter($self->src());
     my $symb = &Apache::lonnet::declutter($self->navHash('map_id_'.$first)) 
@@ -4786,8 +4787,14 @@ sub getReturnHash {
     my $self = shift;
     
     if (!defined($self->{RETURN_HASH})) {
-        my %tmpHash  = &Apache::lonnet::restore($self->{SYMB},undef,$self->{DOMAIN},$self->{USERNAME});
-        $self->{RETURN_HASH} = \%tmpHash;
+        #my %tmpHash  = &Apache::lonnet::restore($self->{SYMB},undef,$self->{DOMAIN},$self->{USERNAME});
+        #$self->{RETURN_HASH} = \%tmpHash;
+        # When info is retrieved for several resources (as when rendering a directory),
+        # it is much faster to use the user profile dump and avoid repeated lonnet requests
+        # (especially since lonnet::currentdump is using Lond directly whenever possible,
+        # and lonnet::restore is not at this point).
+        $self->{NAV_MAP}->get_user_data();
+        $self->{RETURN_HASH} = $self->{NAV_MAP}->{STUDENT_DATA}->{$self->{SYMB}};
     }
 }