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[Q] Map cache question
Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2019 3:09 am
by overkill01
Maplayers get dowloaded on demand and get stored on a drive somewhere.
Some questions:
- Where do they get saved? Can I change this location?
- Are they permanently saved, or do they get deleted over time?
- If they get deleted, can I save them?
- Why is it that when I zoom out I see the old map and pieces from the new one ?
I've got plenty ssd and hdd space, I have very decent hardware, what I dont have is decent internet. I dont want to waste MB's for downloading the same maps 20 times over again. I'd rather just download it and be done with it.
RE: Map cache question
Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2019 7:41 am
by morphin
That would be phantastic !
RE: Map cache question
Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2019 7:44 am
by mikerohan
+1
This is a very interesting information. Maybe add the answer to the mega-faq.
Thanks!
RE: Map cache question
Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2019 8:15 am
by Dimitris
ORIGINAL: overkill01
- Where do they get saved? Can I change this location?
They are stored on [CMO]\WW\Cache
- Are they permanently saved, or do they get deleted over time?
Permanently saved for now. We have a request for a "cache cap" feature similar to GE, but it will have to wait until the release dust settles.
- If they get deleted, can I save them?
Certainly, they are plain JPG and PNG files.
- Why is it that when I zoom out I see the old map and pieces from the new one ?
The program is retaining the previous-zoom picture as a rough placeholder while populating the new batch of tiles for the new zoom. If you try Google Maps / Earth on a slow connection you will see a similar effect.
Thanks.
RE: Map cache question
Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2019 8:44 am
by CmdSoda
Hi Dimitris,
first I want to thank you and your development team for this product. It still has a lot of bugs but I'm thankful for the existence of this product.
Now to my point. Is it possible to show some kind of download indicator (like in google-maps) when your application connects to your server for map tiles?
I know this is a very low prio wish.
RE: Map cache question
Posted: Mon Nov 18, 2019 11:29 am
by overkill01
ORIGINAL: Dimitris
Permanently saved for now. We have a request for a "cache cap" feature similar to GE,
I hope when this feature comes, we will be able to deactivate the cap ?
The program is retaining the previous-zoom picture as a rough placeholder while populating the new batch of tiles for the new zoom.
Why not replace the placeholder with the new map then ?