[mapserver-users] Mapserver tile generation - google maps
Wim Vanbelle
wimvanbelle at gmail.com
Tue Aug 24 14:10:02 EDT 2010
Hi,
At first I did try with single full page requests to mapserver. However we
do intend to have a fullscreen map available for our customers. Which means
it will at least render 1024*768 png's. That would indicate that
panning/scrolling behaviour will not be fluent, as you have indicated.
We're quite pleased with the current tiling output and performance. Perhaps
I will need to write a proxy that translates tiles to actual boundary
requests and then add some buffer space there. Or take a look at Paul's
reply :). I'll try some things tomorrow if I have the time.
On 24 August 2010 15:59, Rahkonen Jukka <Jukka.Rahkonen at mmmtike.fi> wrote:
> Hi Wim,
>
> If your data is that dynamic then there is not much advantage in using
> tilecache. Perhaps there is not much advantage in making tiled requests
> either. Applications asking for 256x256 pixel sized tiles from on-demand
> bases are generating rather a lot of load for Mapserver. There is an
> advantage on the user side because tiles are cached on the client side and
> panning is fluent. However, the feeling is not necessarily bad even if the
> client is making single tile WMS requests. With OpenLayers single tile
> requests used together with "transition effect resize" is not bad at all.
> Perhaps Google maps and Bing have some similar modes. Rendering and labeling
> problems should go away by using single tiles.
>
> -Jukka Rahkonen-
>
>
> > -----Alkuperäinen viesti-----
> > Lähettäjä: mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> > [mailto:mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] Puolesta
> > Stephen Woodbridge
> > Lähetetty: 24. elokuuta 2010 16:43
> > Vastaanottaja: mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
> > Aihe: Re: [mapserver-users] Mapserver tile generation - google maps
> >
> > Tilecache probably is not what you want if you have very
> > dynamic tiles.
> > Or at least a tile cache that is persistent.
> >
> > Your problem is with tile edge artifacts. It might be
> > possible to draw
> > on a slightly larger image than the tile, then cut the tile
> > out of it to
> > avoid some of those, but there are some tile artifacts that
> > you can not
> > get away from when you draw single tiles, like label positioning and
> > label thinning over multiple tiles.
> >
> > For an alternative, you might look to mapscript where you could have
> > more programmatic control over the rendering and do things
> > like render a
> > larger image than needed and cut out the tile like I mentioned.
> >
> > You might also write a bug against mode=tile and see what the
> > developer
> > response to that might be.
> >
> > -Steve W
> >
> > On 8/24/2010 8:04 AM, Wim Vanbelle wrote:
> > > For reference sake:
> > >
> > > The issue is also present when using Bing maps as overlay.
> > > I also recompiled mapserver against agg 2.5 and gd-2.0.36RC1, but no
> > > change unfortunately.
> > >
> > > As stated in my previous mail, I may have to look for
> > alternatives as
> > > the tilecache will probably not be an option for us.
> > >
> > > Would it be possible to circumvent this problem by using WMS?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 24 August 2010 07:25, Wim Vanbelle <wimvanbelle at gmail.com
> > > <mailto:wimvanbelle at gmail.com>> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Thank you for your time both.
> > >
> > > Wouldn't using tilecache imply that I can no longer use dynamic
> > > data? My tiles have to update every minute. Perhaps
> > this is possible
> > > with tilecache? Basically it's only the color value
> > that changes for
> > > each object.
> > >
> > > An example request that is sent to mapserver:
> > >
> > >
> > http://...maps?map=/.../white.map&layers=%20&mode=tile&tilemod
> e=gmap&tile=264+172+9
> > >
> > > MapServer version 5.6.5 OUTPUT=GIF OUTPUT=PNG OUTPUT=JPEG
> > > OUTPUT=WBMP OUTPUT=SWF OUTPUT=SVG SUPPORTS=PROJ SUPPORTS=AGG
> > > SUPPORTS=FREETYPE SUPPORTS=ICONV SUPPORTS=FRIBIDI
> > > SUPPORTS=WMS_SERVER SUPPORTS=WMS_CLIENT SUPPORTS=WFS_SERVER
> > > SUPPORTS=WFS_CLIENT SUPPORTS=WCS_SERVER SUPPORTS=SOS_SERVER
> > > SUPPORTS=FASTCGI SUPPORTS=THREADS SUPPORTS=GEOS
> > SUPPORTS=RGBA_PNG
> > > INPUT=EPPL7 INPUT=POSTGIS INPUT=OGR INPUT=GDAL INPUT=SHAPEFILE
> > >
> > > My mapfile is configured like this:
> > >
> > > OUTPUTFORMAT
> > > NAME "AGGPNG"
> > > DRIVER "AGG/PNG"
> > > EXTENSION "png"
> > > MIMETYPE "image/png;mode=24bit;"
> > > IMAGEMODE RGBA
> > > FORMATOPTION "INTERLACE=false"
> > > FORMATOPTION "QUANTIZE_NEW=ON"
> > > FORMATOPTION "QUANTIZE_FORCE=ON"
> > > FORMATOPTION "QUANTIZE_DITHER=ON"
> > > FORMATOPTION "QUANTIZE_COLORS=256"
> > > END
> > >
> > > Although I've used GD as well. Not sure how I can
> > check the GD &
> > > AGG versions.
> > >
> > > I was in the process of making a new build for
> > mapserver with the
> > > lastest versions of everything though. I'll let you know if that
> > > would somehow fix the problem.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 24 August 2010 06:45, Stephen Woodbridge
> > <woodbri at swoodbridge.com
> > > <mailto:woodbri at swoodbridge.com>> wrote:
> > >
> > > If you are using mode=tile, then this is a known
> > limitation on
> > > the mapserver side. There is a plan for 6.0 to add tilecache
> > > support to mapserver that would allow you to
> > generate meta tiles
> > > and chop the tiles into a tilecache which is the
> > way to resolve
> > > the artifacts you are seeing.
> > >
> > > http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/ticket/3513
> > >
> > > You can add yourself the CC on this bug if you want
> > to follow
> > > it. There is also an RFC for the mode=tile which I
> > don't have
> > > handy that should give you more information on the
> > limitations
> > > and feature of that.
> > >
> > > Hope this helps,
> > > -Steve W
> > >
> > >
> > > On 8/24/2010 12:34 AM, Lime, Steve D (DNR) wrote:
> > >
> > > What mapserver version, what graphics driver?
> > Is this using
> > > mode=tile?
> > >
> > > Steve ________________________________________ From:
> > > mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> > > <mailto:mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>
> > > [mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org
> > >
> > <mailto:mapserver-users-bounces at lists.osgeo.org>] On Behalf
> > > Of Wim Vanbelle
> > > [wimvanbelle at gmail.com
> > <mailto:wimvanbelle at gmail.com>] Sent:
> > > Friday, August 20, 2010 6:26 AM To:
> > > mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org
> > > <mailto:mapserver-users at lists.osgeo.org> Subject:
> > > [mapserver-users] Mapserver
> > > tile generation - google maps
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I noticed a similar post regarding symbol
> > issues, but there
> > > was no
> > > solution. My Google maps tiles are currently
> > clipped at the tile
> > > itself. This results in rather unwanted behaviour:
> > >
> > > http://fileshare.myroute.be/exchange/Capture.PNG
> > >
> > > I'm not 100% sure that this is mapservers' 'issue' , or
> > > google maps
> > > issue.
> > >
> > > If anyone would have further tips to spice up
> > the graphics
> > > even more,
> > > I'd be more than glad to hear them :).
> > >
> > > Thanks. Wim
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