Perforce JViews Maps Sample: Generating Server Tiled Maps


Description

This demonstration is a simple GUI tool to generate a pyramid of tile images from a JViews map file.

How to Use the Sample

How to Run the Sample as an Application

This sample can be run as an application. The installation directory contains an executable JAR file, tilegeneration.jar, that allows you to execute the sample with a double click from a file browser. Note that if you are using Internet Explorer, you can open the installation directory and execute the JAR file from the browser. This technique may not work in other Web browsers.

Alternatively, you can run the sample application from the command line. First check that the Ant utility is properly configured. If not, see the instructions on how to configure Ant for Perforce JViews.

Then, go to the installation directory of the sample and type:

ant run

Topics Covered

Detailed Description

This demonstration is a simple GUI tool to generate a pyramid of tile images from a JViews map file. These images can be used to fill the cache of a maps servlet to improve loading times on the client side.

Installation Directory

The Generating Server Tiled Maps sample is installed here.

Classes Involved

Source Files

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