[Tilecache] mapnik + tilecache + openlayers

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Can you access the tilecache cgi script directly outside of OpenLayers?

On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 1:02 PM, kryptonite <paschatap at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>   I have been trying for the past few days to get a simple map to display
> with mapnik+tilecache+openlayers. I have installed mapnik , and got the
> default rundemo.py running , map.xml being one that was generated. the image
> files were generated too like the documentation on mapnik says. I have also
> successfully displayed a map using openlayers and tilecache but this time
> was with mapserver.
>   But coming to the main problem which is using
> tilecache+openlayers+mapnik. Now all i did in the tilecache.cfg was include
> a layer like this:
>
> [testlayer]
> type=Mapnik
> mapfile=C:\mapnik_0_6_0\demo\python\map.xml
> bbox=-8024477.28459,5445190.38849,-7381388.20071,5662941.44855
> maxResolution=2545.4906698
> extent_type=loose
> srs=EPSG:900913
>
> in the index.html , I included:
>
> var options = {
>                                 controls: [
>                                                                        new OpenLayers.Control.MouseDefaults(),
>                                                                        new OpenLayers.Control.KeyboardDefaults(),
>                                                                        new OpenLayers.Control.PanZoomBar(),
>                                                                        new OpenLayers.Control.LayerSwitcher(),
>                                                                        new OpenLayers.Control.Permalink()
>                                                                ],
>                                                 maxResolution: 2545.4906698,
>                                                 maxExtent: new
> OpenLayers.Bounds(-8024477.28459,5445190.38849,-7381388.20071,5662941.44855),
>                                                 units: "m",
>                                                 projection: "EPSG:900913"
>
>                                          };
>
>        function init(){
>            map = new OpenLayers.Map( 'map', options);
>            layer = new OpenLayers.Layer.WMS( "VMap0",
>                    "/cgi-bin/tilecache.cgi?",
>                                                        {
>                                                                layers : 'testlayer
>
>                                                        }
>                                         );
>            map.addLayer(layer);
>        }
>
> But after doing all this , the browser only displays pink tiles.There is no
> folder created for the testlayer images. I am simply lost. Can anyone point
> out what I am really missing here.I would really appreciate it.
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