[mapguide-dev] TileMapService

[Robert Bray]

Yes I agree this is interesting. From an implementation point of view, 
we should be able to treat each MapDefinition (that has tiled layers) as 
a tile resource. The meta-data required for this could be stored in the 
Map Definition header and/or generated from the Map Definition. From 
there implementing GetTile is pretty straight-forward using the 
MgTileService built into MapGuide.

Bob

Jason Birch wrote:
> Looks like Paul R has put up a first cut at a Tile Service specification.  I think that we need to keep on top of this one.
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> http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Tile_Map_Service_Specification
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> I like the idea of the REST interface.  I know that with Apache you can put a CGI script in the middle of a path and it will get called, placing the rest of the query string into PATH_INFO.  Also, mod_rewrite allows transparent mapping to a script.  I wonder, though, if there is any way to configure IIS to support this kind of service.
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> Apart from that, it doesn't look like it would be all that hard to implement with MapGuide's existing tile service functionality and some front end metadata scripts.
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> Thoughts?
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> Jason
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