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

[Stefan de Konink]

Matthias Julius wrote:
> 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.

Hence you are making a tree...