To add another data point to this, I recently did something similar, but I chose a different approach. I used gdal to combine all the raster files into one big tiff, and then made an overlay pyramid for that TIFF as well. This way, there is no need for the configuration file or tile index. However, if your rasters are not neatly tiled and contiguous like mine were, then this approach will not work for you.
Traian -----Original Message----- From: mapguide-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapguide-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Andy Morsell Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 11:10 AM To: 'MapGuide Users Mail List' Subject: RE: SPAM-LOW: [mapguide-users] Raster files You can create a GDAL raster datasource that points to the root of a directory. If you then create a layer from that datasource, all images in that folder will be included in the layer rendering. For performance, it is best to create a tile index. MapGuide Maestro makes this step fairly easy. There is some information on this available here including an older method for using a script to create the tile index config files. http://trac.osgeo.org/fdo/wiki/FdoGdalNotes#CreatingTileIndexConfigFiles Andy Morsell, P.E. Spatial Integrators, Inc. www.SpatialGIS.com -----Original Message----- From: mapguide-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:mapguide-users-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Stefan Dalakov Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 3:41 AM To: MapGuide Users Mail List Subject: SPAM-LOW: [mapguide-users] Raster files Hi all, I had several applications using raster files up to now, but they were all using just few images and I used to create a feature source and layer file for each of them, the data resource having a configuration file like the one below. Now I need to display more files - perhaps up to 200, and this approach seems insane. Can anyone help with a link to read, or a short instruction how to configure a feature source so that it reads the content of a folder let say. Not necessarily a step by step instruction ;-) . And this is not a 1-st- of - April joke. ;-) Stefan Dalakov <SchemaMapping xmlns="http://fdogrfp.osgeo.org/schemas"; provider="OSGeo.Gdal.3.2" name="default"> <complexType name="defaultType"> <complexType name="RasterTypeType"> <RasterDefinition name="images"> <Location name="C:\Rakvag\"> <Feature name="rakvag_join.tif"> <Band name="RGB" number="1"> <Image frame="1" name="rakvag_join.tif"> <Bounds> <MinX>551199.75</MinX> <MinY>7069200</MinY> <MaxX>554400.5</MaxX> <MaxY>7072800</MaxY> </Bounds> </Image> </Band> </Feature> </Location> </RasterDefinition> </complexType> </complexType> </SchemaMapping> _______________________________________________ mapguide-users mailing list mapguide-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users _______________________________________________ mapguide-users mailing list mapguide-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users _______________________________________________ mapguide-users mailing list mapguide-users@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/mapguide-users
