What is a cached map?
Map caching is a way to make your map and image services run faster. When you create a map cache, the server draws the map at several scales and stores copies of the map images. The server can then distribute these images whenever someone asks for a map.
What is the difference between a feature layer and a map image layer?
The type of layer determines how you can interact with the layer’s data. For example, you can view and query the data in a feature layer to see a feature’s attributes. You may also be able to edit the data represented by the feature layer. Map image layer—A collection of map cartography based on vector data.
What are the components of a cached Map Service?
A complete cached map service uses all of the following components to do its work: The cache. This is composed of a map service cache directory that contains a hierarchical collection of tiles (images) and a file (conf.xml) which contains a description of the cache called a tiling scheme.
What happens when you cache a map in Google Maps?
When you cache a map service, the server draws the map at a set of scale levels that you define and saves the images. When the server receives a request for a map, it’s much quicker to return one of these cached images than to draw the map again.
How to create a cached Map Service in ArcGIS?
In the Scale Settings window, click Load and choose ArcGIS Online / Bing Maps / Google Maps. Check the check box to Only display these scales when zooming. This will only allow you to view your layers and feature classes at the ArcGIS Online / Bing Maps / Google Maps scale intervals.
What are the different types of map services?
There are two types of cached map services. A map service can be cached as either a single fused cache or a multi-layer cache. A single fused cache contains image tiles that are created by grouping all the layers together at each scale, or level of detail.