[Opensim-dev] [SIMIAN MAPTILE] - generalize to a core function?

[Mic Bowman]

that's basically what we do with those map tiles... for example...
http://www.sciencesim.com/simian/index.php/region

melanie: the assets are good but simiangrid frontend needs a format
conversion and then the grid frontend generates mulitple levels of detail.

<http://www.sciencesim.com/simian/index.php/region>--mic


On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Jeroen van Veen <j.veenvan at gmail.com>wrote:

> Couldn't this just be a part of the webfrontend that's being used? There
> are
> currently php and python implementations of the maptile generator, which
> can
> be used with wi-redux, hwios or another web-ui. Maybe it would be nice to
> have
> an api call to get a list of current active regions, so the maptiler doesnt
> necessarily need db-access?
>
> greetings,
>
> Jeroen
>
> On Tuesday, January 11, 2011 04:57:48 pm Melanie wrote:
> > Sorry if I was giving out wrong info. I just remembered that there
> > was some discussion about Simian maptiles and the changes needed to
> > support them.
> > What is the advantage over core maptiles as they are now? Core
> > maptiles are in the asset server and can be served from there.
> >
> > Melanie
> >
> > Mic Bowman wrote:
> > > Yeah... I think that module could easily be used for other map services
> > > right now. It is labeled as part of Simian because the SGF needs it.
> > > However, you cold enable it, set a new URL, and pump map images
> wherever
> > > you want.
> > >
> > > How would you recommend it be generalized?
> > >
> > > --mic
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 4:08 AM, Ai Austin <ai.ai.austin at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >> At 11:00 11/01/2011, Mic Bowman wrote:
> > >>> Simian isn't doing anything special. It takes the existing map images
> > >>> that are generated (no changes at all to the map generator, it uses
> > >>> what ever is
> > >>> already configured) and *also* pushes a copy up to the grid frontend
> > >>> for inclusion in the map functions there....
> > >>
> > >> That's all I meant Mic, so that data can pushed to a location and a
> core
> > >> HTTP service can be enabled to have it act as the Map Server for
> Viewer
> > >> 2 style uses. I believe there is a map service URL that can then be
> > >> specified if the service is using the OpenSim generated map tiles.
> > >>
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