So if I seed as JPEG but always request PNG, does it just not use the 
GeoWebCache in that case (or does it convert the cached tiles to PNG on 
the fly)?

On 12/25/2012 6:48 PM, Arne Kepp wrote:
> You probably have PNGs on disk for all the tiles you have actually 
> used, and you're not using the JPEG tiles for anything.
>
> So you can delete the JPEG tiles and keep going without seeding if you 
> haven't had performance issues so far. It's rare to use even 20% of 
> the potential tiles.
>
> -Arne
>
>
>
>
> On 12/21/12 19:34 , mortac8 wrote:
>> I am seeding my layers as jpeg but always request pngs.  Is this a 
>> terrible
>> thing to do.  I need transparency and have limited disk space?
>>
>> I would like to seed everything as png but the storage requirements are
>> 5x-10x that of jpeg and I don't think I have enough disk space for 
>> all of my
>> data seeded as png.  Am I losing any significant performance seeding 
>> as jpeg
>> and requesting png or mainly just losing some image quality?
>>
>> Any thoughts or tips are appreciated.
>> Thanks!
>> Ashley
>>
>


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