[OSM-dev] OSM and sqlite

[Igor Brejc]

Jochen Topf wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 08:25:11PM +0200, Igor Brejc wrote:
>   
>> Has anybody done any work on storing OSM data into a sqlite database? I 
>> mean large quantities of data (even planet-size)? I looked through our 
>> wiki and googled a little but couldn't find any information about it. 
>> I'm wondering if it is feasible at all and what kind of performance it 
>> would offer (compared to "real" DBMS's).
>>     
>
> I have done some Ruby scripting. See:
> http://osmlib.rubyforge.org/osmlib-sqlite/index.html
>
> But that was only a proof-of-concept. Its far too slow to use on large
> data sets.
>
> Jochen
>   
Jochen, thanks for the info. So I guess it's not feasible :)

Igor

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