[OSM-dev] ROMA servers down - osmosis large way problem

[Matthias Julius]

Stefan de Konink <stefan at konink.de> writes:

> Frederik Ramm wrote:
>> Stefan de Konink wrote:
>>> So you actually suggest to implement a tree of relations to render a
>>> country?
>> 
>> I'm not convinced a tree is needed.
>
> What do you have in mind to use as area that is bounded by a polygon 
> that has more than 2k of nodes?

A relation with 2000 ways with 2000 nodes each can be an area with
almost 4,000,000 nodes (3,998,000 to be exact).  That will get you
pretty far.

Matthias