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[core] Prefetch low resolution tiles #7741

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tmpsantos commented Jan 16, 2017

The idea is to try to cover more map area and show the user something ASAP while the other tiles are still loading.

Exposes 2 new APIs:

Dynamic: Will request tiles from current zoom level - N. Better resolution on the prefetched tiles.
Fixed: Will always request tiles from zoom level N regardless of the current zoom level. Allows optimize for bandwidth.

Fixes #1626

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include/mbgl/map/map.hpp Outdated

@@ @@ -185,6 +185,10 @@ class Map : private util::noncopyable { @@
                   std::vector<Feature> queryRenderedFeatures(const ScreenBox&,        const optional<std::vector<std::string>>& layerIDs = {});
                   AnnotationIDs queryPointAnnotations(const ScreenBox&);
+                  // Tile prefatching

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kkaefer Jan 17, 2017

typo

include/mbgl/map/map.hpp Outdated

@@ @@ -185,6 +185,10 @@ class Map : private util::noncopyable { @@
                   std::vector<Feature> queryRenderedFeatures(const ScreenBox&,        const optional<std::vector<std::string>>& layerIDs = {});
                   AnnotationIDs queryPointAnnotations(const ScreenBox&);
+                  // Tile prefatching
+                  void setFixedPrefetchZoom(uint32_t);
+                  void setDynamicPrefetchZoom(uint32_t);

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kkaefer Jan 17, 2017

Missing documentation

src/mbgl/style/source_impl.cpp Outdated

+                      // Request lower zoom level tiles (if configure to do so) in an attempt
+                      // to show something on the screen faster at the cost of a little of bandwidth.
+                      lowResolutionZoom = parameters.fixedPrefetchZoom ?

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kkaefer Jan 17, 2017

This breaks if fixedPrefetchZoom is set to 0, which is a valid use case.

src/mbgl/style/source_impl.cpp Outdated

+                      lowResolutionZoom = lowResolutionZoom < zoomRange.min ? zoomRange.min : lowResolutionZoom;
+                      if (lowResolutionZoom < idealZoom) {
+                          lowResolutionTiles = util::tileCover(parameters.transformState, lowResolutionZoom);

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kkaefer Jan 17, 2017

In previous implementations (JS), we've called this "panZoom". Not sure if that's a better name though.

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tmpsantos Jan 23, 2017

I'm OK with that. Let's use panZoom for the sake of consistency.

src/mbgl/style/source_impl.cpp Outdated

+                      if (retain.find(tile.id) == retain.end()) {
+                          retain.emplace(tile.id);
+                          tile.setNecessity(necessity);
+                      }

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kkaefer Jan 17, 2017

if (retain.emplace(tile.id).second) {
    tile.setNecessity(necessity);
}

.second is true when something was inserted, false otherwise.

src/mbgl/style/source_impl.cpp Outdated

+                      // to show something on the screen faster at the cost of a little of bandwidth.
+                      lowResolutionZoom = parameters.fixedPrefetchZoom ?
+                          parameters.fixedPrefetchZoom :
+                          idealZoom - parameters.dynamicPrefetchZoom;

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kkaefer Jan 17, 2017

possible integer overflow here if idealZoom < parameters.dynamicPrefetchZoom?

src/mbgl/style/source_impl.cpp Outdated

+                          parameters.fixedPrefetchZoom :
+                          idealZoom - parameters.dynamicPrefetchZoom;
+                      lowResolutionZoom = lowResolutionZoom < zoomRange.min ? zoomRange.min : lowResolutionZoom;

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kkaefer Jan 17, 2017

Can we use std::min to make this more readable?

src/mbgl/style/update_parameters.hpp Outdated

@@ @@ -42,6 +46,9 @@ class UpdateParameters { @@
                   // TODO: remove
                   Style& style;
+                  const uint32_t fixedPrefetchZoom;
+                  const uint32_t dynamicPrefetchZoom;

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kkaefer Jan 17, 2017

What is the use case for having both fixed and dynamic prefetch? Which one takes precedence?

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tmpsantos Jan 23, 2017

Documented now. Fixed takes precedence.

src/mbgl/util/tile_cover.cpp Outdated

    
              int32_t coveringZoomLevel(double zoom, SourceType type, uint16_t size) {

                  zoom += std::log(util::tileSize / size) / std::log(2);

              uint32_t coveringZoomLevel(double zoom, SourceType type, uint16_t size) {

                  zoom = std::max(0., zoom) + std::log(util::tileSize / size) / std::log(2);

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kkaefer Jan 17, 2017

Should this max call include the addition (which accounts for satellite tile size differences)? Otherwise, it could be impossible to use z0 for satellite tiles.

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January 25, 2017 09:11

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tmpsantos commented Feb 13, 2017

Should I close this as deferred?

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I tested this out with a dynamicPrefetchZoomDelta of 3, and it does exacerbate #7026.

Without prefetching, the flickering occurs only if you have tiles in the disk cache at a lower zoom level than the area you are panning over. With prefetching, the flickering always occurs.

So I think we should hold this feature until we fix #7026.

src/mbgl/map/map.cpp Outdated

		@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ class Map::Impl : public style::Observer {

		std::unique_ptr<AsyncRequest> styleRequest;

		int32_t fixedPrefetchZoom = -1;

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jfirebaugh Feb 14, 2017

To indicate the lack of a value, use optional rather than negative integers.

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tmpsantos Apr 4, 2017

Done.

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tmpsantos commented Apr 6, 2017 •

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@kkaefer is disabling partial tile rendering enough for landing this patch?

I did a cheap test by simply tweaking isRenderable(), and it does improve flickering, but pretty much makes prefetching a requirement for areas with a lot of symbols.

+++ b/src/mbgl/tile/tile.hpp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public:
     // partial state is still waiting for network resources but can also
     // be rendered, although layers will be missing.
     bool isRenderable() const {
-        return availableData != DataAvailability::None;
+        return isComplete();
}

That said, nothing stops us for landing this today, since it is still very useful for a satellite map and would spare me from rebasing this branch and it is optional anyway.

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is disabling partial tile rendering enough for landing this patch?

No. Disabling partial rendering with the patch you suggested means that older/outdated buckets can't be used either. That means that rotating a map makes it appear blank until the buckets are reparsed.

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June 26, 2017 16:10

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tmpsantos commented Jun 27, 2017

@kkaefer rebased and ready for reviewing again. This new version enables prefetching only for raster until we fix the label flickering. On this gif you see the difference (the tiles are offline cached on both scenarios, it is even more evident when you get tiles from the network).

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src/mbgl/renderer/tile_pyramid.cpp

+                      algorithm::updateRenderables(getTileFn, createTileFn, retainTileFn,
+                              [](const UnwrappedTileID&, Tile&) {}, panTiles, zoomRange, panZoom);
+                  }

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kkaefer Jul 3, 2017

Can we merge this call to updateRenderables into the other one by merging the panTiles into idealTiles?

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tmpsantos Jul 5, 2017

Capturing from the chat: we have a separated algorithm::updateRenderables because we don't create render tiles for pan tiles.

include/mbgl/map/map.hpp Outdated

+                  optional<uint8_t> getFixedPrefetchZoom() const;
+                  void setDynamicPrefetchZoomDelta(optional<uint8_t> delta);
+                  optional<uint8_t> getDynamicPrefetchZoomDelta() const;

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kkaefer Jul 3, 2017

Thanks for adding the documentation, but I'm still not understanding why we need two different APIs for this. Can you please elaborate?

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tmpsantos Jul 4, 2017

The fixed is if you want to be cheap: you can set the prefetch zoom level to say, zoom level 5 and you will never have a blank spot on the map, but it will look very low res and overscaled. Soon you will get the whole world at zoom 5 in your cache.

The dynamic IMO is more interesting, but it will use more resources. You could set it to say, 2, and it will always prefetch "CurrentZoom - 2", it will pretty much make you never see blank spots with better looking overscaled tile but it will fill the cache faster and also use more bandwidth.

I find both approaches useful. We could drop the "dynamic" API and leave it to be implemented client side if you think we don't need 2 APIs.

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July 6, 2017 13:26

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Tile coverage updates #9284

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tmpsantos and others added 3 commits

July 6, 2017 15:56


          [core] Prefetch low resolution tiles

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          [tests] Add unit test for tile prefetching

86bb87f


          [core] Fix sorting order for render tiles

05f548c

Sort by z order, so lower res tiles don't get rendered
over high res tiles.

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1ec5 commented Jul 6, 2017

Would you like to implement the SDK side of this change, or should we track that in separate tickets?

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tmpsantos commented Jul 6, 2017

Would you like to implement the SDK side of this change, or should we track that in separate tickets?

I would like to track it in a separated ticket.

This was referenced Jul 6, 2017

Add option to prefetch low-resolution tiles #9437

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Add option to prefetch low-resolution tiles #9438

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1ec5 commented Jul 6, 2017

#9437 for Android; #9438 for iOS and macOS.

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Offline raster tiles does not use correct zoom level #9563

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[core] Allow prefetching tiles for all source types #10548

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Tile coverage updates #12310

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