creating sub-tiles of maps

[Ben Tuttle]

Have you looked at openlayers (http://www.openlayers.org/)?

On 4/30/07, Dave Weaver <dave.weaver at zen.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm looking to create a web-based map-browser (of a similar style to Google
> Maps etc) where the user only sees a small part of the overall map at any
> one time,  and can scroll around it.
>
> I've just started looking into MapServer as a possible tool to help me
> acheive this.
>
> So far I've run through the basic tutorials, and have created a small static
> map, in a projection of my choice with an overlayed geographically-located
> bitmap image. By changing values in the .map file (especially the extent) I
> can zoom in and move around the map.  Not too difficult so far.
>
> But what i'd really like is some way to serve sub-tiles of the map to a
> javascript program, the size and location of the tiles depending on
> parameters passed from the javascript. I have no idea how to achieve this
> with MapServer.
>
> Can someone point me in the right direction? Which features of MapServer
> will help me do what I want? What should I be looking for in the documentation?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>