[Tilecache] TileCache on PythonCE

[Rupert]

Christopher Schmidt wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 03, 2007 at 09:22:06AM +0800, Rupert wrote:
>   
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Apologies if this is a little off topic.
>>
>> I am trying to create a mapping application through Windows Mobile WM5,
>> however,internet connectivity is not an option at this point, so I have to
>> resort to local resources...
>>
>> Is it possible to load TileCache on a WM5 Device using PythonCE,
>> then serve the images using a WMS Client? Any other Mobile WMS Client
>> suggestions?
>>
>> Resources:
>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/pythonce
>> http://www.skylab-mobilesystems.com/en/products/j2me_wms_client.html
>>     
>
> How much storage do you have? Do you have enough disk to just store
> rendered versions of all of your tiles on disk? (Are you sure you don't?
> Really sure? :)) If so, you might use TileCache or some similar tool to
> slice up all your data, then just copy the directory struture over, and
> create a client to access them.
>
> Note that any existing WMS client -- aside from OpenLayers -- will
> not support loading data from TileCache. It is a WMS-C server, not a WMS
> server, so you would probably need to load the images using OpenLayers
> -- however, if the WM5 client has IE, it should be able to run a local
> OpenLayers app.
>
> That said, it looks like TileCache will run on PythonCE, at a first
> pass look. 
>
> Regards,
>   
Chris,

As always, thanks for the inputs. A coworker is already looking into 
PocketIE
and see if there are javascript compatibility issues. I'll let you guys 
know how
it goes, once we have something to show.

Regards,

Rupert