On 9/2/08 11:29 AM, Fred wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm developing a google maps app, hosted on GAE, for which I've
> developed a custom tile overlay, consisting of thousands of png
> images, at about 4 - 8k each in size. I've tried uploading about 15mb
> worth of tiles (just over 3,500 tiles), and have hit the 1000 file
> limit. (Detailed in issue 161 - 
> http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=161
> ).
> 
> The suggestion from google is: "We encourage developers to find
> creative ways to reduce the number of files in an app" - but for a
> custom overlay in maps I don't think there is any other solution that
> to have multiple tiles.
> 
> So - my question is whether anyone can suggest a way around this. I
> think this is a showstopper for me otherwise.

You could store them in a zip file, then extract what you need from the zip
file on the fly.
-- 
-Brian

Brian Clapper, http://www.clapper.org/bmc/
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        -- Albert Einstein

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