As of now, we have used the GeoWebCache to store tiles produced by user requests. Of course, the following requests with equal parameters will hit the cache and GeoServer will not render a new map for them.
However, you can also precalculate the tiles for a layer to avoid some users experiencing a delay when requesting zoom levels and areas not yet cached.
The process of precalculating tiles is called seeding. This section will guide you in understanding how it works:
- Go to the Tile Layers page and look for the Packt:ne_50m_rivers_lake_centerlines layer. Click on the Seed/Truncate link for it:
- A new page will open. The GeoWebCache ...
