TileCache Creator is designed to create local tile caches for off line display of Web Map Service (WMS) base maps. When used together with the TileLayer Plugin by Minoru Akagi, you have fast offline use of WMS base maps.
When using this plugin is it very important to make sure that the WMS service you want to use offline, permits you to make a local copy of the files. Examples of services that permit such use are:
Like the TileLayer Plugin, right now TileCache Creator only supports Spherical Mercator projections (EPSG:3857) and creation of local tile caches from WMS services. Future support for WMTS and other projections may be added in the future.
This plugin has only one page, seen below:
Configuration files contain the information about the TileCache settings shown in this figure and they are named with a .tcc extension but are simple text files.
The main fields and actions are:
When you create a tile cache, the system will notify you both of zoom level progress and tile level progress. Clicking on cancel will cancel the process after the current zoom level tiles are processed.
When TileCache Creator updates or creates a tile cache, it also creates an input file for the TileLayer plugin so that you can work the tile cache results without the need for further manual configuration.