An image file containing a section of map.
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1answer
143 views
Add a mbtiles file to TileMill
is it possible to add a mbtiles file as TileMill layer?
Thank you,
Andrea
3
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1answer
316 views
QGIS custom CRS for map of manufacturing shop floor
I'm working on a web app that shows a map of a manufacturing plant's shop floor. I've built it in Inkscape and QGIS, but when I try to load it into Tilemill, I get a CRS error. Specifically, it ...
2
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1answer
236 views
Create WMS service from existing image tiles
I have image tiles (jpg image files with txt georeference info files; see picture) stored in catalog (about 12GB, size one image tile ~ 275*466 meters). It possible create WMS service of the tiles to ...
8
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3answers
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What kind of AWS configuration is needed for running a low-to-medium bandwidth Web map app?
Does anyone have experience with running Web maps (tile server + client JS scripting) on Amazon Web Services (S3, EC2 etc...)? What kind of AWS configuration is needed for running a low-to-medium ...
3
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1answer
405 views
Generating tiles for osm/esri shapefiles
I've generated tiles for OpenStreetMap .OSM files using Maperitive and quickly consumed them with leaflet (with no tile cache yet).
I'm now looking for the right and simple way to to that also with ...
3
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2answers
726 views
local tiles server for offline access
Anyone knows if there is a "lightway" solution to mount a local tile server?
Feature I'd to provide is local storage of small sections of maps, not more than small city for example, in order to ...
1
vote
1answer
127 views
Issue openlayers and tilestream
Basically I created a MBtiles using Tilemill and it generates a map with six zooms.
I implement it into tilestream.
I added a layer on the openlayers module(Drupal) in XYZ:
...
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1answer
110 views
Counting slippy map tiles
I would like to calculate approximately, how many tiles of given size would need to be rendered for a given bounding box and zoom level range in a given projection (always 3857).
For example, for:
...
2
votes
3answers
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Optimizing OSM tiles download
Disclaimer: I don't know anything about maps, please excuse me.
In our mobile app, we use Cloudmade as our map tiles provider.
For certain places, we download multiple tiles for each zoom level ...
3
votes
1answer
218 views
How do I know when to use a map server or a tile server?
I'm new in GIS tech and I still have some questions about GIS.
I wanted to know why to choose a map server (mapserver, geomap) instead of a tile server (tilestream, tilecache or tilestache) + tile ...
3
votes
1answer
414 views
How can I use MOBAC atlases in GIS Software (e.g., QGis, uDig)
How can I use the output from MOBAC (Mobile Atlas Creator) as background layer in open source desktop GIS software (e.g., QGis or uDig, TileMill etc.)?
My goal:
To put my question into context: I ...
3
votes
1answer
138 views
Generate a pyramid of tiles by 1/2 scaling a higher zoom level
Given a set of tiles covering a large area at a particular zoom level (These are online on someone's tile server and will need scraping, but let's assume these are on disk if it's easier. With TMS ...
0
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1answer
177 views
gdal2tiles and tile numbers [closed]
I run gdal2tiles.py on a vrt (EPSG:4326) file and gives good results when overlay over OSM. Openlayers projection is EPSG:900913. The output is a set of directory/files (z/x/y). I used ms4w.
However, ...
0
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0answers
94 views
Tilestache cache folder permission on Apache
So, Ive setup tilestache on a remote server and the cache folder for the tiles is /home/httpdocs/stache where the apache default folder is /home/httpdocs/.
I'm having trouble with tilestache caching ...
3
votes
1answer
228 views
How to handle a geotiff map together with points with openlayers (or other libraries)?
I create a lot of printed maps using various applications (ArcGIS, QGIS, Microstation, Illustrator etc). Sometimes I'd like to turn this map somewhat interactive on the web.
What I'm looking for is a ...
6
votes
1answer
394 views
What does maps.nokia.com use?
The maps on maps.nokia.com are pretty amazing. I assume they're generating their own tiles but, does anyone know about the infrastructure behind site: the tile server used? and their JavaScript ...
1
vote
1answer
173 views
A strange OSM tiles in Mapproxy
Could someone please help me with my issue? I try to use Mapproxy with OpenStreetMap server of tiles in order to get output WMS for my qgis client. Something like this:
...
sources:
arcgis_tms:
...
4
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2answers
191 views
Looking for stand alone map server
New to mapping tech.
Requirements:
Stand Alone Server for offline use (will be an internal app) - No Mobile.
Ability to add custom CSS class and hover information to US counties
Programmatically ...
2
votes
1answer
1k views
XYZ Layer in Open Layers has Missing Tiles
In Open Layers I'm having a missing tile problem where it generates a missing link icon and a pink background. I found several threads including this one saying to add this code
...
14
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3answers
336 views
How are Google serving up their Styled Maps?
As we all know, Google changed web mapping when they introduced Google Maps. At the time of writing this, tiled maps are now the norm with web mapping.
For example, with ArcGIS Server, you cache ...
3
votes
1answer
632 views
Wrong tiles generated in OpenLayers XYZ layer
I am creating a map in OpenLayers using Base layer as ESRI online map server. And second layer as our own esri map server serving the overlay. The Base layer shows correctly, but OpenLayer requests ...
10
votes
1answer
588 views
Understanding the Map Tile creation properties
I am trying to create a tile base map.
I have an image that I want to create the tile from and I am using GDAL.
I managed to create the tiles but when I view the result it seems that the tiled map ...
3
votes
0answers
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How display tiles by using earth plugin in browser?
I was using MAp Tiler to generate tiles for my maps, And everything is great. But I have problems with displaying those tiles in 3D version by using earth plugin. The data which gave me Map tiler was ...
0
votes
1answer
238 views
Empty preview map Tilestache Mbtiles
So, I generated a map on tilemill and exported the mbtiles file. I've setup Tilestache, and all required dependencies. I tried the OSM preview provided by default which worked fine.
When I tried to ...
5
votes
1answer
336 views
Efficient Outputs for GeoServer Vector Data
Ok, here's our problem. We have a mapping application at http://explorer.geowessex.com which uses OpenLayers and GeoServer for delivering the data. The data is potentially endless and we have very ...
2
votes
2answers
250 views
What is the compression gained by caching mod_tile's metatile instead png tiles?
What is the level of compression gained caching mod_tile's larger metatile instead of 256 by 256 .png tiles?
I am trying to determine the extra cost of storage resources for pre-rendering some set of ...
2
votes
0answers
177 views
How can I modify the tiles size in Openscales or other ways to boost the application performance
I am developing an application in Flex that uses Openscales and GeoServer in order to provide a map in the background. It works but the perfs aren't really good; even if everything is on the same ...
2
votes
0answers
146 views
GeoServer + ImagePyramid: Request is empty where data exists
I have set up an image pyramid based on 5 levels of tiling. The data is served using the ImagePyramid plugin for GeoServer. When I do a layer preview the data is visualized just like I expect them to ...
8
votes
3answers
2k views
Simple way to have an offline web based map?
My goal is to have a world map embedded in a web page, but without access to the internet. Preferrably only a set of tiles in combination with some slippy map js-lib. Storage space is not really an ...
2
votes
0answers
283 views
Tile mode in Map server
I am trying to overlay the layers that are rendered using map server over google maps.I am pretty much new to this whole thing. So I tried to go through this example here here ...
2
votes
2answers
683 views
Image tiling math
I've been looking at MapTiler for the logic on how to render an image
as tiles on a (google) map. Instead of storing the single tiles
locally in a folder structure I want to use Djatoka. I'm able to
...
3
votes
1answer
282 views
How do i get country boundary and names to show up in postgis backed mapnik rendered map?
I followed this to setup postgis server with planet-latest.osm. I used generate_xml.py to generate stylesheets. Using this style sheet with mapnik produces a world map with no country boundaries or ...
0
votes
2answers
221 views
How Mapserver deals with Huge Aerial Images
I've been trying to evaluate Mapserver , i'm wondering if there's a way to handle the large size of Aerial image with any kind of Tiling or Caching .
Thanx
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0answers
243 views
Geoserver tiles mismatch
I tried to get WMS tiles from geoserver like
/geoserver/gwc/service/tms/1.0.0/layername@EPSG%3A4326@png/15/19142/9530.png
or with another projection
...
3
votes
2answers
134 views
What is best approach to provide a WMS of world coverage of 1 meter CIB?
I have been tasked with creating WMS's of several raster types to include 1 meter CIB. We have an overall ESRI environment to include ArcGIS Server and we have a butt load of original CIB data (world ...
0
votes
0answers
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Changing projection of base layer
normally we change projection of vector data for displaying it over google base map. Similarly is it possible to change the projection of base image tiles map? if yes, how we can do that, any ...
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vote
1answer
329 views
Are there any repositories to find custom map tiles for an OpenLayers implementation?
I can't seem to find an WMS that looks the way I want. I've also checked all of the regular OSM places too and haven't quite found anything.
Can anyone recommend any places to find custom map tiles ...
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vote
2answers
230 views
Script for creating a tile-pyramid from a wms service
Given a WMS service, is there a ready-made script that, for a given extent, creates a tile-pyramid that is compliant with:
http://leaflet.cloudmade.com/reference.html#tilelayer
That is urls on the ...
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vote
0answers
260 views
Retrieve tile path of superoverlay in Google Earth Plugin using Javascript
I've created a superoverlay using MapTiler and am displaying that in a webpage with the Google Earth plugin. I'd like to identify the current tile (level, x, y) being displayed with a mousemove ...
6
votes
4answers
3k views
How to build tile server from Openstreetmap data for beginner?
I am a beginner at GIS and I am developing a Java Application which needs a map. (The map would specifically be of just one city in the Philippines.) I have researched on different ways to do this and ...
2
votes
3answers
2k views
How to calculate the optimal zoom-level to display two or more points on a map
We want to display several markers on a static map and want to calculate the optimal zoom-level like Google Maps does. We already calculated the bounding rectangle and the centerpoint of the map but ...
1
vote
2answers
371 views
Using TiledMapServiceLayer and On Demand Tiling
I have a tiling services which generates tiles on demand but TiledMapServiceLayer does not use a callback for getTileUrl so how would one implement this? I've tried using the refresh! method to no ...
5
votes
3answers
3k views
OpenLayers on mobile device: possible to use local map tiles?
Is that possible for an OpenLayers app (running on mobile device) to load the map tiles that are deployed in the device, if the app is able to access these files (e.g., using PhoneGap)?
from this ...
1
vote
1answer
157 views
GDAL Tiling, Missing Tiles
i have used gdal2tiles.py for tiling about 100 tiff tiles which i have generated virtual dataset with gdalbuildvrt for my 1:250.000 scaled maps...
everything goes well from 15 to 11, but when it ...
1
vote
2answers
890 views
How to get a slippy map from OziExplorer .map and .png tiles?
I have a bunch of topographic maps in the format of .map files and 4000x4000px png files.I would like to view them as a slippy map and be able to select an area and export that as one big image. I am ...
4
votes
3answers
290 views
How to list all names of tile inside a given polygon?
I'd like to generate a specific set of slippy map tiles to cover certain a certain land mass.
Given a polygon shapefile, is there something that will quickly generate a listing of the z/x/y tile ...
4
votes
1answer
1k views
How to serve local maps for an offline HTML5 webmapping app?
How could one serve maps (tiles in wherever format possible) within a Android device to be consumed by an offline webmapping app also accessed within the device's browser?
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votes
1answer
402 views
Merge GeoWebCache generated tiles from one server with tiles from another server
I have a set of tiles (millions) generated by the builtin GWC in GeoServer 2.1.2 which is stored on server A.
I would like to copy all the tiles to server B containing GeoServer 2.1.3 and the ...
2
votes
2answers
904 views
How to optimize a WMS request by limiting number of tiles?
I want to display the layer using WMS and meanwhile I want to limit the number of tiles with their respecive BBox when map is loaded. At the backend I am using geoserver.
I can limit the number of ...
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vote
1answer
1k views
Are there any freely available WMS tile servers?
I am looking for an open public endpoint to retrieve WMS map tiles from, for use with leaflet maps
For clarity, I am not looking to set up a tile server or for tile server software.
It looks like ...
