[Tilesathome] Distributed server idea

[Raphaël Jacquot]

Frederik Ramm wrote:

> If renderer X renders tileset 1234,2345 and uploads to server Y, with  
> Y being just any simple Apache setup anyone can install, then Y would  
> afterwards notify a central DNS server that it now has this tileset.  
> The central DNS server would from then on return Y's IP address for  
> any queries like "1234-2345.tiles.openstreetmap.org". The clients  
> (i.e. OpenLayers) would then have to use the proper host names for  
> every tile, so whenever they request a tile that is within tileset  
> 1234,2345 they will request e.g. http:// 
> 1234-2345.tiles.openstreetmap.org/tiles/13/2468/4690.png, which  
> automatically resolves to server Y.

how about using a google-like setup in which there's an index of where 
things are (sort of like in a file system) which would contain the real 
urls to things ?