From 0250a30af409647ce594f15c5652e497d371d23e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Sascha L. Teichmann" Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2015 15:53:32 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] README.md edited online with Bitbucket --- README.md | 12 +++++------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index a33dec6..872c419 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -15,16 +15,14 @@ See [SETUP](https://bitbucket.org/s_l_teichmann/mtsatellite/src/default/SETUP.md MTSatellite to life. To use it you have to configure your Minetest server to use the Redis backend data store. -Instead of a real Redis server you have to run **mtredisalize**. This server stores the data -in an optimized form and collects changes made to the world over a configurable amount +Instead of a real Redis server you have to run **mtredisalize**. The data itself is not stored in a Redis server. It only uses the Redis protocol to communicate with the MT server. The data +is stored in an optimized form in a LevelDB or SQLite3 database. Changes made to the world are collected over a configurable amount of time periodically. After a cycle of collection the web server **mtwebmapper** is triggered to regenerate the map. To not fully regenerate the whole world map but only the differences the map has to be pre-rendered with **mtseeder**. * [mtredisalize](https://bitbucket.org/s_l_teichmann/mtsatellite/src/default/cmd/mtredisalize) is a server which has to be configured as a Redis backend to the - Minetest server. It stores the data in an opitimized form to make updates of the pre-rendered map fast. - It is also used to track the changes made to the world. They are aggregated over - a defined time interval and then send to the mtwebmapper server. + Minetest server. * [mtwebmapper](https://bitbucket.org/s_l_teichmann/mtsatellite/src/default/cmd/mtwebmapper/) Web server that serves [Leaflet](http://leafletjs.com) compatible tiles to a web browser. Running in the background this server updates the pre-computed map tiles. @@ -36,9 +34,9 @@ the map has to be pre-rendered with **mtseeder**. * [mtseeder](https://bitbucket.org/s_l_teichmann/mtsatellite/src/default/cmd/mtseeder) pre-computes all tiles of the map of the world plus a set of pyramidal overview images. Even playing in a dynamic and fully changeable world most of the data is pretty constant over time. Therefore - it make sense to do only small updates on pre-calculated images instead of generating + it makes sense to do only small updates on pre-calculated images instead of generating the map entirely on the fly. This is Free Software under the terms of the MIT license. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details. -(c) 2014 by Sascha L. Teichmann +(c) 2014 by Sascha L. Teichmann \ No newline at end of file