Re: [gdal-dev] GDAL WKT Raster cache: Problem, options to solve and doubts

2009-08-15 Thread Jorge Arévalo
Hi Tamas, 2009/8/14 Tamas Szekeres : > Hi Jorge, > > I really appreciate your efforts to sort these issues out. I consider these > issues would be crucial especially when the requested block number is large > or when using non regular (and possibly overlapped) blocking where each > IReadBlock may

Re: [gdal-dev] GDAL WKT Raster cache: Problem, options to solve and doubts

2009-08-14 Thread Tamas Szekeres
Hi Jorge, I really appreciate your efforts to sort these issues out. I consider these issues would be crucial especially when the requested block number is large or when using non regular (and possibly overlapped) blocking where each IReadBlock may result in fetching multiple raster rows. However

Re: [gdal-dev] GDAL WKT Raster cache: Problem, options to solve and doubts

2009-08-14 Thread Frank Warmerdam
2009/8/14 Jorge Arévalo : >> Jorge, >> >> I would note that one round trip per block is not necessarily so terrible >> if the block size is reasonably large (128x128 or larger for instance). >> > > Yes, but don't you think it could be a good idea trying to avoid extra > server rounds, in general?

Re: [gdal-dev] GDAL WKT Raster cache: Problem, options to solve and doubts

2009-08-14 Thread Jorge Arévalo
Hello, 2009/8/14 Mateusz Loskot : > Jorge Arévalo wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I've asked several concepts related with RasterIO-related methods in >> Dataset and RasterBand. Thanks to your responses, I've a better >> understanding of the GDAL drivers' I/O method. But I've a couple of >> doubts I need t

Re: [gdal-dev] GDAL WKT Raster cache: Problem, options to solve and doubts

2009-08-14 Thread Jorge Arévalo
Hello, 2009/8/14 Frank Warmerdam : > 2009/8/14 Jorge Arévalo : >> Problem: In basic GDAL WKT Raster driver, each row of a raster table >> (one block, in regularly blocked rasters) means one server round. This >> is slow, and "sub-optimal". > > Jorge, > > I would note that one round trip per block

Re: [gdal-dev] GDAL WKT Raster cache: Problem, options to solve and doubts

2009-08-14 Thread Mateusz Loskot
Jorge Arévalo wrote: > Hello, > > I've asked several concepts related with RasterIO-related methods in > Dataset and RasterBand. Thanks to your responses, I've a better > understanding of the GDAL drivers' I/O method. But I've a couple of > doubts I need to solve to finish the GSoC, although I'd l

Re: [gdal-dev] GDAL WKT Raster cache: Problem, options to solve and doubts

2009-08-14 Thread Frank Warmerdam
2009/8/14 Jorge Arévalo : > Problem: In basic GDAL WKT Raster driver, each row of a raster table > (one block, in regularly blocked rasters) means one server round. This > is slow, and "sub-optimal". Jorge, I would note that one round trip per block is not necessarily so terrible if the block siz

[gdal-dev] GDAL WKT Raster cache: Problem, options to solve and doubts

2009-08-14 Thread Jorge Arévalo
Hello, I've asked several concepts related with RasterIO-related methods in Dataset and RasterBand. Thanks to your responses, I've a better understanding of the GDAL drivers' I/O method. But I've a couple of doubts I need to solve to finish the GSoC, although I'd like to continue developing the dr