[postgis-users] tile size

Pierre Racine Pierre.Racine at sbf.ulaval.ca
Thu Sep 19 08:36:19 PDT 2013


You can also have a look at this article from Duncan Golicher if you are doing raster/vector analysis:

http://duncanjg.wordpress.com/2012/10/30/tile-size-for-raster-vector-overlays-in-postgis/

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> bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Crawford
> Sent: Friday, September 13, 2013 12:34 PM
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> OK, thanks. I will give that a try.
> 
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> On 9/13/2013 12:31 PM, Adam Eskreis wrote:
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> 
> 	The most common tile size that I've seen in production is 256x256
> 
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> 	On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Bborie Park
> <dustymugs at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 
> 		Steve,
> 
> 		There really isn't. What I do recommend is that if your raster
> data is not going to change over time (and you don't need to replicate the
> database), load them as out-db rasters. That way, you can easily change tile
> size within the database with ST_Tile.
> 
> 
> 
> 		-bborie
> 
> 
> 		On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 6:06 AM, Stephen Crawford
> <src176 at psu.edu> wrote:
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> 
> 			Hi All,
> 
> 			Is there a rule of thumb for determining the best tile
> size when tiling a raster?
> 
> 			Thanks,
> 			Steve
> 
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