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  1. Qt
  2. QTBUG-40780

Inconvenient map tile cache file naming

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      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.

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            ablasche Alex Blasche
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