Just use maptiler. Maptiler.org On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Lumbee <[email protected]> wrote:
> ...hey folks, I'm working on a little website and we are trying to > incorporate some custom maps from the GIS Department at school. Here > is a link of our first attempt... > > http://www.asheville-outdoors.com/maps/bikeOverlay.html > > ...first off this maps is over 6mb...so I think that contributes to > its sluggishness. Then as you zoom in, you loose the resolution pretty > quick. So I know we need to tile maps to get better resolution as we > zoom in. I've been reading up on the process, and am still having > problems understanding it conceptually, and I'm hoping you guys can > clear this up for me. > > I understand the concepts about the maps being in 256X256 tiles. Much > thanx to John Coryat, and his wonderful video on youtube. I have also > successfully downloaded the tiler from crazed monkey, and I was able > to run a test and tile an image. > > So that gives you an idea of what I understand...heres where the holes > are. For example the map in the link I posted, so I start by getting > different zoom levels of the jpg of this map? I know if John C's video > he said something like a different map for every 3 zoom levels. So if > I start with map.jpg where you can see the entire image, I start with > that map, and tile it. Then I zoom in on the map, save that jpg, then > tile that? Then zoom in, save, and tile that...ect...ect? > > ...and like with the crazed monkey tiler I'm using, as I tile each > jpg, at each zoom level and save that folder, will the folders, and > images be saved with the correct names in google maps? > > ...as far as documention, are there other areas I should be reading > other than this? > > http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/overlays.html#Tile_Overlays > > ...thanx in advance... > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Maps API" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-maps-api%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-api?hl=en.
