Just walked into this conversation so my response may be half-assed, but...
On Mar 2, 2012, at 7:26 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Cheers Steve. > > I don't think this changes the answer much... whether mapcache, tilecache or > mapproxy is used, the time to set up a working server with 50Gb of geotiffs I > would have thought would be pretty similar. > > So: can anyone experienced in this area suggest what sort of time is > reasonable to expect a competent team to set this up in a professional > way, with reasonable supporting docs, etc? Remembering we have a > supported server to work with. What do you mean by "time... to set up" a server? Fwiw, I downloaded, configured, and had Tilecache working in less than 30 mins. The cache is not pre-seeded. It builds up as it goes. > > Thanks, > > Brent Wood > > --- On Sat, 3/3/12, Lime, Steve D (DNR) <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Lime, Steve D (DNR) <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [mapserver-users] Setup advice please? > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, "Corey Carpenter" > <[email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, March 3, 2012, 1:15 PM > > MapServer 6.2 isn't ready for production use, however, MapCache is. I've been > pairing it and 6.0.2 for production use for months... Just another opinion. > -Steve > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] > [[email protected]] on behalf of [email protected] > [[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 2:09 PM > To: Corey Carpenter > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Setup advice please? > > Hi Corey, > > Thanks for the suggestion. > > At this stage the requirement is for a stable production system. Mapserver > 6.2 & mapcache are not, still being under development. > > I realise that this does not preclude the software running robustly, but it > will not be an acceptable solution in this case. Mapserver 6.01, as the > latest stable release, is the required platform. > > Hence my suggestion of Tilecache & MapProxy as suitable applications, which > are available as binary packages ready to install. > > > Thanks, > > Brent Wood > > --- On Sat, 3/3/12, Corey Carpenter <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Corey Carpenter <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [mapserver-users] Setup advice please? > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, March 3, 2012, 8:40 AM > > Unless I read your question incorrectly, this is the main function of > mapcache. You will need to use a fairly new version of mapserver 6.2 / trunk. > You will be able to seed your cache, so the tiles you define are available on > the first request. > > I have used tilecache and other methods, but I have no experience with > mapcache. > > On Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 1:10 PM, > <[email protected]</mc/[email protected]>> wrote: > Hi, > > Hopefully someone here can help. > > I have about 50Gb of high resolution aerial photos (geotiffs) to set up as a > cached WMS service. > > We have a mapserver setup ready to use, with backups, etc. already sorted. > The dataset is competely static. > > I'd like to set up MapProxy or Tilecache as a tiled WMS service for an > OpenLayers front end, and possible other public use. > > I'm happy with a dynamically populated cache, rather than a pre-filled one, > so the cache is built up as it is used. > > Can anyone experienced in this area suggest what sort of time is reasonable > to expect a competent team to set this up in a professional way, with > reasonable supporting docs, etc? Remembering we have a supported server to > work with. > > It has been asked for by a small local environmental interest group with zero > funds, and I need to get a reasonable commercial cost for such an exercise to > start with. > > Thanks, > > Brent Wood > > .. _______________________________________________ mapserver-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapserver-users
