[Tilecache] TileCache tile storage questions

[Pedro Mendes]

>
> 1. Can I store tile in zip or gz format?
> For my understand Apache web server can read gz or zip format.
>

The tiles must be stored in a raster format (png, jpg, gif, etc.) support
by TileCache. It would not make too much sense to apply compression to
image formats (take png as an example) because they are already compressed.


> 2. tilessize matter? 512*512 vs 256*256 which one is faster
> 256pixels took too much disk space. if we use 512 pixel, I think tiles
> totally size will be smaller.
> because ,if the 256pixel tile is less than 4kb, the tile still take 4kb
> disk space. that s why I want to increase to 512*512px.
>

You must evaluate which ones fits you best: Depending on your data
complexity, but normally if the tiles are bigger the seeding process will
take a longer.

3. Is MBtiles as same faster as disk tiles, if I store tiles in mbtiles?

4. how much diskspace can MBtiles save?(if we have 500GB disk tiles right
> now, MBtiles will be 100GB or even smaller?)
>

TileCache only provides two types of cache DiskCache and MemoryCache. For
MBTiles you must go seek other tile cache implementations like MapProxy.


Regards,
Mendes
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