[Tilecache] ECW or TIFF to Tiles

Dane Springmeyer blake at hailmail.net
Mon Nov 2 11:50:23 EST 2009


If you can either merge all your tiffs into one large file using  
gdal_merge.py or you can use Gdal to build a VRT file and point a  
single Mapnik layer at that VRT:

http://www.gdal.org/gdalbuildvrt.html

Dane


On Nov 2, 2009, at 8:33 AM, Tyler Durden wrote:

> Thanks for the tip.
> One question, the example on the page is for one tiff, how can I
> accomplish with multiple tiffs?
> I've got to add one by one?
> Right now I have the TIFF files with one .tfw file with metadata, I've
> got to add all of them?
>
> Thanks
>
> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 4:25 PM, Dane Springmeyer  
> <blake at hailmail.net> wrote:
>> Use the Mapnik GDAL driver and a RasterSymbolizer:
>> http://trac.mapnik.org/wiki/RasterSymbolizer
>>
>> However, be aware that Mapnik does not support reprojection of  
>> Rasters, so
>> you'll need to use gdalwarp to project them into your target  
>> projection
>> first.
>>
>> If you need complex stylization of the rasters or on-the-fly  
>> reprojection
>> I'd recommend MapServer.
>>
>> Dane
>>
>> On Nov 2, 2009, at 7:58 AM, Tyler Durden wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> Right now I'm using TileCache + Mapnik for my vector data.
>>> But now, I have various orthos in ECW or TIFF format that I want to
>>> make tiles and serve with TileCache.
>>> I'm kind of lost how I accomplish this.
>>> Someone can point me directions?
>>>
>>> Thanks
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