Uploaded image for project: 'Qt'
  1. Qt
  2. QTBUG-40780

Inconvenient map tile cache file naming

    XMLWordPrintable

Details

    Description

      It seems that QtLocation's Map saves tile PNGs under $HOME/.cache in a single application-specific directory. This is inconvenient for two reasons.

      (1) Putting a huge amount of files in one directory makes it slow for file browsers to view, especially using a remote connection, e.g. viewing files on a mobile device using a desktop system.

      (2) The usual common way (a personal observation of what I have come across) is

      {tile-source-name}

      /

      {z}

      /

      {x}

      /

      {y}

      .png. Deviating from this makes if difficult to copy tiles across cache directories of different map applications or from a server to an application tile cache. Due to roaming data costs it is not uncommon to have to resort to copying files around.

      Attachments

        No reviews matched the request. Check your Options in the drop-down menu of this sections header.

        Activity

          People

            ablasche Alex Blasche
            otsaloma Osmo Salomaa
            Votes:
            0 Vote for this issue
            Watchers:
            3 Start watching this issue

            Dates

              Created:
              Updated:
              Resolved:

              Gerrit Reviews

                There are no open Gerrit changes