SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MAP IMAGES

A system of processing map images includes a Web Mapping Service (WMS) fo r storing map images. A WMS proxy is operative with the WMS and receives fro m a client a request for a map image for display at the client. A WMS proxy includes a tile broker module that converts the request for the map image in to a series of requests for obtaining map tiles. A cache system that stores the map tiles. The tile broker module is operative for returning cached map tiles if they already exist within the cache and retrieving map tiles from t he WMS if map tiles are not returned from the cache. A tile building module is operative for building a map image at the WMS proxy from the map tiles in a requested format and resolution and displaying the map image at the clien t without resampling at the client.