[mapserver-users] How to tile a large TIF image?

Tormod Brunsby bytex at o2.no
Mon Apr 21 07:46:11 EDT 2008


> Dejan -
> 
> I NEVER say "always"...
> 
> But no, I do not think one could state that one approach (a single TIFF with
> overviews vs. multiple TIFFs at different resolutions) is ALWAYS better than
> the other.  There are a number of factors involved, some of which depend on
> your filesystem and disk hardware characteristics.
> 
Still no good examples on how to do this i see.

I'm also looking for a complete example on how to split large rasters
1-5GB ECW and RIK's into tif tiles (10k x 10k px). Large files are
usually not favored by filesystem cache.

-- 
Tormod



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