[MAPSERVER-USERS] New cache mechanism

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Hi,
what are the diferences between tilecahce and geocache ? 
What geocache does better than tilecache ? 

cheers.
Filipe 


Pål Kristensen wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> Norwegian Mapping and Cadastre Authority (statkart) has developed a new
> open source cache mechanism called geoCache, for use with WMS services.
> The project is part of a larger research activity which is being performed
> by statkart and Gecko Informasjonssystemer AS (www.gecko.no), partially
> founded by Innovation Norway
> (www.innovasjonnorge.no/system/Global-toppmeny/English/). The research
> activity will be carried out to the end of 2009.
> 
> GeoCache is based on the tilecache.org project, but is completely
> rewritten, version 0.1 is published at codeplex
> (http://www.codeplex.com/geoCache).
> 
> GeoCache will be subject to extensive development, and one of the main
> projects in the research activity the next year. Some of the new features
> that will be developed first is:
>  - the ability make geoCache response to regular WMS GetMap requests, not
> only WMS-C.
>  - partially cache updates
>  - dynamic cache generation (cache is generated by use)
>  - cross platform support (Linux and Windows as a minimum) and support for
> apache
> 
> Regards,
> Pål Kristensen
> 
> 

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