After my trials with GRASS GIS as WMS backend I thought I could create a raster web map service with improved performance by using PyCairo instead of GRASS GIS as renderer.
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Thursday, August 14, 2014
Web Map Service with PyCairo and Pyramid
From time to time I have the chance to work with PyCairo, the Python bindings to the cairo graphic library. I appreciate this library because it allows to draw graphics primitives so super fast and thus it is very suitable to use it in web projects.
After my trials with GRASS GIS as WMS backend I thought I could create a raster web map service with improved performance by using PyCairo instead of GRASS GIS as renderer.
After my trials with GRASS GIS as WMS backend I thought I could create a raster web map service with improved performance by using PyCairo instead of GRASS GIS as renderer.
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