[Tilecache] mapnik + tilecache + openlayers

[kryptonite]

Jeffrey,
          Yeah..Also I was able to display a basic layer that is part of the
tilecache installation.

XML returned from direct access:
<Services>
<TileMapService version="1.0.0"
href="http://localhost/cgi-bin/tilecache.cgi/1.0.0/"/>
</Services>



Jeffrey Johnson wrote:
> 
> Can you access the tilecache cgi script directly outside of OpenLayers?
> 
> On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 1:02 PM, kryptonite <paschatap at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>   I have been trying for the past few days to get a simple map to display
>> with mapnik+tilecache+openlayers. I have installed mapnik , and got the
>> default rundemo.py running , map.xml being one that was generated. the
>> image
>> files were generated too like the documentation on mapnik says. I have
>> also
>> successfully displayed a map using openlayers and tilecache but this time
>> was with mapserver.
>>   But coming to the main problem which is using
>> tilecache+openlayers+mapnik. Now all i did in the tilecache.cfg was
>> include
>> a layer like this:
>>
>> [testlayer]
>> type=Mapnik
>> mapfile=C:\mapnik_0_6_0\demo\python\map.xml
>> bbox=-8024477.28459,5445190.38849,-7381388.20071,5662941.44855
>> maxResolution=2545.4906698
>> extent_type=loose
>> srs=EPSG:900913
>>
>> in the index.html , I included:
>>
>> var options = {
>>                                 controls: [
>>                                                                      
>>  new OpenLayers.Control.MouseDefaults(),
>>                                                                      
>>  new OpenLayers.Control.KeyboardDefaults(),
>>                                                                      
>>  new OpenLayers.Control.PanZoomBar(),
>>                                                                      
>>  new OpenLayers.Control.LayerSwitcher(),
>>                                                                      
>>  new OpenLayers.Control.Permalink()
>>                                                                ],
>>                                                 maxResolution:
>> 2545.4906698,
>>                                                 maxExtent: new
>> OpenLayers.Bounds(-8024477.28459,5445190.38849,-7381388.20071,5662941.44855),
>>                                                 units: "m",
>>                                                 projection: "EPSG:900913"
>>
>>                                          };
>>
>>        function init(){
>>            map = new OpenLayers.Map( 'map', options);
>>            layer = new OpenLayers.Layer.WMS( "VMap0",
>>                    "/cgi-bin/tilecache.cgi?",
>>                                                        {
>>                                                                layers :
>> 'testlayer
>>
>>                                                        }
>>                                         );
>>            map.addLayer(layer);
>>        }
>>
>> But after doing all this , the browser only displays pink tiles.There is
>> no
>> folder created for the testlayer images. I am simply lost. Can anyone
>> point
>> out what I am really missing here.I would really appreciate it.
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