[Tilecache] tilecache and WMS requests with time

Christopher Schmidt crschmidt at metacarta.com
Thu Jun 14 09:26:06 EDT 2007


On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 01:00:07PM +0100, Dave Weaver wrote:
> How does Tilecache operate in regard to WMS requests including a TIME=
> parameter?
> 
> Do these requests bypass the cache altogether, or do you get different
> cached images for different times (and if so what stops the cache
> growing infinitely?), or what?

All parameters other than 'layer' and 'bbox' are ignored in WMS
requests. (I think request=GetMap/GetCapabilities are used to trigger
WMS behavior, but aren't used in the choice of tiles to serve.)

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
MetaCarta



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