[OSM-dev] Externalising rendering WAS: Re: API down?

[SteveC]

* @ 06/09/06 12:25:21 PM nick at nickhill.co.uk wrote:
> Lars Aronsson wrote:
>  >>Nick wrote
> >> What is the feasibility of transferring rendering load to the 
> >> client by serving slippy tiles as SVG (using something like 
> >> osmarender)?
> > 
> > Indeed an interesting approach.  Even if this requires an SVG-able 
> > browser (Firefox?), this approach could provide a shortcut for the 
> > browsers that can handle it.  The server does know the browser 
> > type.
> 
> I don't yet know if externalising rendering to the client using SVG 
> could/would be an answer to reducing overall server load. Perhaps Nick 
> Whitelegg  or Etienne has some knowledge of this.
> 
> Perhaps we are running ahead of ourselves. Assuming 1) Serving SVG would 
> be much less CPU intensive than rendering on the server and 2) SVG would 
> work well in a slippy map and 3) serving rendered map tiles is the 
> show-stopper for tile{
> We could determine the SVG capabilities of the browser either implied 
> through agent string or perhaps more directly through Javascript.

SVG is super slow on ff.

have fun,

SteveC steve at asklater.com http://www.asklater.com/steve/