[mapguide-users] Tiling Success (I think)

[George McLean]

Hi Kori,

I really appreciate the reply. This is very helpful.

Thanks

George

Kori Maleski wrote:
> Hi George,
>
> The Tiling Engine works based on how you have set up your Map Definition in
> MapGuide Studio.
>
> You specify the number zoom threshold scales over a specified range in
> Studio for a Base Layer.
>
> The tiling engine will loop through each of these, and based on the map
> width and height in meters or feet, will generate a grid of tiles.
>
> The tiles are automatically added to your site repository tile cache.
>
> It is the MapGuide Server that does the processing, the Tiling Engine just
> does the math and requests.
>
> The metrics of the performance gain will vary by server configuration and
> client monitor size, but I have seen 5-10x faster depending.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
>
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> [mailto:mapguide-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of George McLean
> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 1:18 PM
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> Subject: [mapguide-users] Tiling Success (I think)
>
> I just ran the wsd tiling engine against a set of base layers. I do not 
> have any real metrics but it appears that the map redraws more quickly 
> now when I pan and zoom. I was curious if there was any way to see how 
> the layers were tiled? I would like to learn more about what is actually 
> happening when I run the tiling process. I could not find much detail on 
> the wsd website about this. Are there more details available?
>
> Thanks
>
> George McLean
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