<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Greetings,</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>We are working on modern topographic maps for the entire west coast (about 20,000 7.5 minute quadrangles).</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I am currently designing a strategy for serving our products online.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I plan to use PostGIS for the lines and text (that is a no-brainer), but I am not sure what would be the best strategy for handling raster imagery. Eventually we will have over 10 TB of raster imagery.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I have searched the archives, and it looks like that I would use a 'chip' table and the PGCHIP project looks pretty interesting. However, I was not able to find a consensus on the best way to handle raster data. Some seem to suggest geotiff tiles and others suggest a 'chip' solution.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Can anyone offer me advice? I am on a shoestring startup budget, so the simpler and more effective the solution, the better for me. I am completely new to PostGIS, so please go easy on me! Any example solutions would be greatly appreciated.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Thanks for your support!</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Best regards,</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Jeshua Lacock<br></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Founder/Programmer<br></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">3DTOPO Incorporated<br></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><<a href="http://3DTOPO.com">http://3DTOPO.com</a>><br></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Phone: 877.240.1364</font></div></body></html>