[mapserver-users] tileindex, images, optimal size

Norman Vine nhv@cape.com
Wed, 21 Aug 2002 11:43:04 -0400


Chip Hankley writes:
>
>When creating a tileindex for a large image (i.e. breaking a 
>large image
>into smaller tiles) what is (or is there) a good rule of thumb 
>for how big each tile should be?

I can heartily reccomend a power of two specifically 2**8  
  < 256x256 >
Other then being a managable size, this has the added benefit
of making the individual tiles mip-mappable :-)

Cheers

Norman