You can use arcinfo and something like maptiler. make the map at the scale you want, export a geotiff, then tile it. Repeat for a better zoom level. That would give you some nice maps.
Take a look at this, and maybe you'll have some leads. http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisserver/10.0/help/arcgis_server_java_help/index.html#/Tutorial_Creating_a_cached_map_service/0092000012v8000000/ <http://help.arcgis.com/en/arcgisserver/10.0/help/arcgis_server_java_help/index.html#/Tutorial_Creating_a_cached_map_service/0092000012v8000000/> On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Lumbee <[email protected]> wrote: > ..thanx for comments and patience. > > ...so the creating my own "image from data" will require me to write > my own program. I can not use one of the "off-the-shelf" tile programs > to do this? John C. you mentioned in your video that your wrote one of > these programs...in Perl if I recall? > > So for the "image to tile" method, I can use crazed monkey or maptiler > for that. John C. you mentioned that this method can be tough to > manage with multiple images. As I said we are using ArcInfo, and that > can give us some pretty high resolution images. Could we crank out one > big hi-res map, that has good resolution when zoomed in...tile one > image and use that? > > On Apr 19, 1:25 pm, Mike Swope <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've not used the crazed monkey app, but the maptiler.org just takes an > > image and creates all the tiles for you and gives you an html page to > view > > it with. It also has some helpful info about map tiles in general. It's a > > simple solution if you have simple requirements. > > > > I've not used the crazed monkey app. > > > > As others have stated, creating the tiles from the data is best, as you > will > > get better rendering of the data that way. You may have to symbolize the > > data for every zoom level, but it works. I wouldn't mind a tile exporter > for > > something like QGIS. > > > > On Mon, Apr 19, 2010 at 10:58 AM, maps.huge.info [Maps API Guru] < > > > > > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Creating tiles directly from the data is somewhat complicated but > > > produces the best results. Typically, it involves writing a program > > > that can create images from data, which includes lines, polygons, > > > labels and points. Most likely, your GIS software already produces > > > very good images, so you would have to duplicate that in order to have > > > the same result. Another possibility is if your GIS software can > > > produce images in batch mode, you can set up a script that will create > > > the correctly sized and geographically coordinated images directly out > > > of that package. > > > > > Going the image to tile route will work best if you can produce an > > > image, or series of images that are cut up to a single zoom level. The > > > problem with this method is it can get to be cumbersome as the size > > > (higher zooms = larger image) or the number of source images grows. > > > Keeping it all straight will require careful organization. > > > > > Does this make more sense? > > > > > -John Coryat > > > > >http://maps.huge.info > > > > >http://www.usnaviguide.com > > > > >http://www.zipmaps.net > > > > > -- > > > 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]> > <google-maps-api%[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]<google-maps-api%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > 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]<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.
