iTile is a sub-module developed as a component of a generic scaffolding py4web application and it's part of the Planet Suite.
Note Please refer to the py4web official documentation for framework installation, setup and basics concepts about implementing applications and about what the apps folder is.
This module implements helpers base on the Mapnik python implementation for easy raster tile layer API services implementation.
Py4web applications are nothing more than native python modules and the iTile code is structured in the same way so can be used actually as a submodule that can be nested in custom applications.
You can link the module to your code repository using Git submodules
but the minimal requirement is to copy/clone the iTile repository
nested in your root project folder.
Please refer to the official Mapnik documentation for compilation and installation.
An easy alternative under Debian/Ubuntu GNU/Linux systems is to use the package:
- python3.6-mapnik (it implies nothing more than python3.6)
Please refer to the requirements.txt file for an updated list of required python
modules and install them using:
pip install -r [path/to/apps/<your app>/itile/]requirements.txtPlease refer to the repository wiki for the module detailed documentation.