[MapServer-users] New GDAL Raster Tile Index driver

[Even Rouault]

Hi,

while I'm still thinking to it, I just wanted to mention a new driver 
that has landed into the development version of GDAL, code-named "GTI", 
for GDAL Raster Tile Index ( https://gdal.org/drivers/raster/gti.html ) 
which will be available in the GDAL 3.9 release. This is basically a 
MapServer raster tile index that is recognized as a GDAL raster, with a 
few optional metadata items, typically to declare the target resolution, 
stored in the vector file (typically GeoPackage or FlatGeoBuf), or 
externally in a XML file. This should enhance the interoperability 
between GDAL and MapServer.

If using MapServer against GDAL 3.9, you could potentially use such a 
tile index as a classic DATA in your mapfile. One nice enhancement is 
that it can also support referencing other tile indexes or plain rasters 
for overviews. Many possibilities to explore.

Even

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