[OpenLayers-Users] Using Custom Cartography

[Bjorn Sandvik]

Nathan,

You might also use GDAL2Tiles:
http://blog.thematicmapping.org/2008/03/generating-map-tiles-with-gdal2tiles.html

Bjorn

Nathan Boettcher wrote:
>
> New to the list and mapping (other than using software and navigation 
> for camping/hiking/etc). I have special cartography that I would like 
> to use with OpenLayers but I am unsure exactly where to start. At this 
> point I have a single file and I am not sure what program it comes out 
> of. I currently use a custom solution that displays maps similar to 
> OpenLayers and Google, but without a WMS or TMS backend. The maps are 
> sliced in Photoshop for different zoom levels. What I would like to do 
> is use something like a WMS server or TileCache to serve tile sets of 
> these maps via OpenLayers. What I can’t find for the life of me is 
> direction on how to take these custom maps and slice them up to work 
> with TileCache or a WMS server. I found the mailing list post about 
> the Avalon map and using TileChache which is supposed to be able to do 
> what I’m talking about, but currently I have not had the opportunity 
> to set up cgi on my webserver. (yes, it’s IIS and it’s not my 
> fault…wasn’t my decision)
>
> I would GREATLY appreciate any help or direction on how to take a 
> single large map (no GIS data or anything, just an image) and get it 
> set up into a TileCache or WMS server for use with OpenLayers.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> -Nathan
>
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