running my own tile.openstreetmap.org like server

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hi,

i want to run a windows based webserver which does exactly the same as tile.openstreetmap.org
it should also provide tiles addressed by the url /z/x/y.png, do the caching, update once a week or so.
my problem is, that i have not found all the software, code parts that i need yet.

what i have is:

postgres/postgis
mapnik
python 2.5
osm2psql
some osm data

but what i can not find is the actual webscript for the tile.openstreetmap.org site that makes all the parts work together.

i searched the subversion repository, but there i only found an export script in http://svn.openstreetmap.org/sites/tile.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin which does something else.

i also could not find any documentation in the wiki on that. http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mapnik
is a good starting point, but it does not answer the question.

has anybody a clue??

thanks!

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is mod_tile what i am looking for?

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mod_tile

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Since it’s a webserver, and your browser has to be able to read those documents anyway, can’t you look in the index.html and relevant linked .js files yourself?

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@Ldp i’m sorry but i didn’t get your point. i am not talking of the slippy map and on tile.openstreetmap.org there is no javascript involved.

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So you only want to serve the tiles. For that you would need, for example, mod tile indeed :slight_smile:

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or openlayers