[Tilecache] ECW or TIFF to Tiles

[Jeffrey Johnson]

I've never tried to use the tilecache gdal_driver with an
indexshapefile, but that may work too.

On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 10:28 AM, Jeffrey Johnson <ortelius at gmail.com> wrote:
> Then you will want to use gdaltindex to make the index shapefile and
> then use gdal_translate to make one big tiff out of the individual
> images. If you want to reproject to 900913 then you will need to use
> gdal_translate to do that because mapnik will NOT reproject for you.
>
> Jeff
>
> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Tyler Durden <tylersticky at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Right now I'm only trying to use Tilecache + Mapnik and not going for Mapserver.
>> I'm using WGS84(not projected), at the moment I'm focused only to
>> render the tiles(I'm not worried about the distortions), in the future
>> the projection will be in EPSG:900913 (Google Mercator)
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Jeffrey Johnson <ortelius at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> It would seem to me that if you are not combining vector data and
>>> raster data into a single tiled layer, then using mapserver as opposed
>>> to mapnik would be the way to go? If mapserver was used, there is no
>>> reason to merge your files or reproject, just let mapserver handle
>>> those things for you.
>>>
>>> http://mapserver.org/input/raster.html
>>>
>>> What is the projection of the source data, and what projection do you
>>> want the tiles in?
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Tyler Durden <tylersticky at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I've tried the gdaltindex and created a shapefile, but the tiff doesn't appear.
>>>> I've tried two approaches, gdal and shape, in both only appears the
>>>> border of the style.
>>>> Any idea what I'm doing wrong?
>>>>
>>>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
>>>> <!DOCTYPE Map>
>>>> <Map bgcolor="steelblue" srs="+proj=latlong +datum=WGS84">
>>>>  <Style name="nw_border">
>>>>    <Rule>
>>>>      <LineSymbolizer>
>>>>        <CssParameter name="stroke">#ab9f8a</CssParameter>
>>>>        <CssParameter name="stroke-width">1</CssParameter>
>>>>        <CssParameter name="stroke-linejoin">round</CssParameter>
>>>>        <CssParameter name="stroke-linecap">round</CssParameter>
>>>>      </LineSymbolizer>
>>>>    </Rule>
>>>>  </Style>
>>>>
>>>>  <Layer name="po" status="on" srs="+proj=latlong +datum=WGS84">
>>>>    <StyleName>nw_border</StyleName>
>>>>    <Datasource>
>>>>      <Parameter name="type">shape</Parameter>
>>>>      <Parameter
>>>> name="file">/home/tyler/Projects/Python/tile_tests/shapes/ortho.shp</Parameter>
>>>>    </Datasource>
>>>>  </Layer>
>>>>
>>>>  <Layer name="pogdal" status="on">
>>>>    <StyleName>nw_border</StyleName>
>>>>    <Datasource>
>>>>      <Parameter name="type">gdal</Parameter>
>>>>      <Parameter
>>>> name="file">/home/tyler/Projects/Python/tile_tests/tiffs/044374.tif</Parameter>
>>>>      <Parameter name="format">tiff</Parameter>
>>>>    </Datasource>
>>>>  </Layer>
>>>> </Map>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Jeffrey Johnson <ortelius at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> This would be most easily accomplished with Mapserver and by using
>>>>> gdaltindex to generate a tile index.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.gdal.org/gdaltindex.html
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Tyler Durden <tylersticky at gmail.com> 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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