[OSM-dev] Database Schema (was Re: [OSM-talk] Oh dear - planet has duplicate id's)

[Raphaël Jacquot]

Tom Hughes wrote:

> Now ideally I want to do a keyed read on 2+2 then next to 2+3, then
> do a keyed read on 3+2 and next to 3+3. But I don't actually know
> what values will match in the first column before I start (and there
> might be a very large number in a real world case).
> 
> The alternative (and what will happen now) is that I start at 2+2 and
> next to 3+3, but that is only marginally better than dropping the second
> column and effectively starting at 2+1 and nexting to 3+4 as I am only
> saving a little bit on the first and last latitudes.
> 
> Tom
> 

ideally, this should use
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/spatial-extensions.html

and that
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/4.1/en/optimizing-spatial-analysis.html
for the indexes...