3 Map Visualization Servers

The map visualization component, as a set of Java Enterprise Edition packages, contains a collection of servers to provide mapping services.

These services include a map server, a map data server, a map tile server, a vector tile server, a WMS server (see OGC WMS Support in the Map Visualization Component), and a WMTS server (see OGC WMTS Support in the Map Visualization Component).When you develop Oracle Maps applications, the Oracle Maps API and the map visualization component server will identify the needed service and then issue map service request to the proper server. You normally do not need to send service requests explicitly in your map applications; however, if you are familiar with the map visualization component servers described in this chapter, it can help if you need to debug or optimize the application.

• Map Visualization Component Map Data Server
  The map visualization component map data server provides services for streaming live data from a database server to a client.
• Map Tile Server
  The map tile server is a map image caching engine that fetches, caches, and serves pregenerated, fixed-size map image tiles.
• Vector Tile Server
  The vector tile server is a vector tile caching engine that fetches, caches, and serves pregenerated vector tiles.