[OSM-dev] Binary OSM; the first pass encoder

[Chris Browet]

2008/11/9 Stefan de Konink <stefan at konink.de>

> Chris Browet wrote:
>
>> Right you are.
>> If I understand the concept, that would mean that once a string appear in
>> the "master string" file(s), it's indice cannot ever change (otherwise, all
>> the references will have to be changed, too). Do I understand correctly?
>>
>
> Yup. But as you might realise; it is good to recreate the files over lets
> say months. Because some tags will not be present anymore; or words contain
> typo's... etc.
>
> Sure, but that would mean re-updating the whole database to update the
indices, same for local copies.
That a bit denies the "diff" concept, don't you think?

Or you can leave "blanks", to be reused...
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