[mapserver-users] Ed's Rules for the Best Raster Performance

[Jeff McKenna]

Brent Fraser wrote:
> 
> Jeff McKenna wrote:
>> my quick comments:
>>
>> - adding overviews with GDAL's 'gdaladdo' utility is very important
> 
> In some cases.  It depends on your data.  As Ed once posted, it may be a 
> good idea to switch to external overviews and merge some of the files to 
> limit the number of file-opens Mapserver must do when the view is zoomed 
> way out.

I'm not here to argue with you, I am only pointing out the importance of 
the utility, which you did not mention in your notes.


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