[Tilecache] Advice needed for displaying multiple images

Christopher Schmidt crschmidt at metacarta.com
Mon May 18 12:33:16 EDT 2009


On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 10:46:08AM +0200, Enrico Sartorello wrote:
> I'm afraid of mailing you again, 

Am I scary? I'm sorry about that.

> but i really need to know something more about that.  I've done some
> research on my own, just tell me if i've interpreted well what you've
> said.
> 
> For my issue, i can keep using Tilecache. I just have to use a tiled TIFF
> image (that i can make with gdal_translate) and use a GDAL layer instead of
> the existing ImageLayer.
> No performance problems will arise.
> 
> Is that what you mean?

Yes, that should work.

-- Chris


> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Christopher Schmidt <
> crschmidt at metacarta.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 04:03:19PM +0200, Enrico Sartorello wrote:
> > > First of all, thanks for your answer.
> > > But, what if i make and usa a unique huge image? Will the performances
> > > suffer or what?
> >
> > If you use the GDAL layer (instead of the image layer), and you use a
> > tiled image -- like a tiled TIFF -- as opposed to a compressed image,
> > like a jpeg, you should be fine.
> >
> > Regards,
> > --
> > Christopher Schmidt
> > MetaCarta
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Enrico Sartorello

-- 
Christopher Schmidt
MetaCarta



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