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Is the tile caching mechanism in TileCache licensed?
TileCache is a BSD licensed tile caching mechanism. The goal is to make it easy to set up a WMS or TMS frontend to any backend data services you might be interested in, using a pluggable caching and rendering mechanism. TileCache was developed by MetaCarta Labs and released to the public under a BSD license.
Who is the creator of the TileCache software?
TileCache was developed by MetaCarta Labs and released to the public under a BSD license. The TileCache was designed as a companion to OpenLayers, the BSD licensed web mapping interface.
What kind of disk access do I need for TileCache?
In the simplest use case, TileCache requires only write access to a disk, the ability to run Python CGI scripts, and a WMS you want to be cached.
Which is WMS compliant server does MetaCarta use?
TileCache is an implementation of a WMS-C ( about) compliant server made available under the BSD license by MetaCarta. (Also, TileCacheConfig )
(c) 2006-2010 TileCache Contributors Distributed under the BSD license. TileCache is a BSD licensed tile caching mechanism. The goal is to make it easy to set up a WMS or TMS frontend to any backend data services you might be interested in, using a pluggable caching and rendering mechanism.
Where do I extract the code from TileCache?
Extract the code to some web directory (e.g. /var/www). In this example, /var/www/tilecache is the directory resulting from the code extraction. If you’ve installed this from a Debian package, the location of your .cfg file is probably /etc/tilecache.cfg.
Where is the CFG file for TileCache in Debian?
If you’ve installed this from a Debian package, the location of your .cfg file is probably /etc/tilecache.cfg. Edit tilecache.cfg to point to the location of your ‘Layers’ directory, as demonstrated inside the default tilecache.cfg.
How do I install TileCache on my computer?
Generally, installing TileCache is as simple as downloading a source distribution and unpacking it. For installation systemwide, you can also use the Python Package Index (aka pypi or Cheeseshop) to install TileCache. Simply type easy_install TileCache.
Where is the TileCache file located in Debian?
On Debian, this file is in /etc/tilecache.cfg by default. Permit CGI execution in the TileCache directory. For example, if TileCache is to be run with Apache, the following must be added in your Apache configuration, where /var/www/tilecache is the directory resulting from the code extraction. On Debian, this is typically /usr/lib/cgi-bin.