[OSM-dev] openstreetmap could start at user's approximate location using geo-ip

Stefan Ziegler stefan.ziegler_zst at gmx.de
Wed Jan 21 22:08:56 GMT 2009


-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Von: "Thomas Wood" <grand.edgemaster at gmail.com>

> 2009/1/20 Stefan Ziegler <stefan.ziegler_zst at gmx.de>:
> > My Project osm3d  (on Sourceforge) (www.osm3d.org) is  an interactive
> vector renderer.
> > But it works outside of a browser.
> > The problem, each renderer have (especially for the interactive ones):
> > the huge mass of vector data, you have to sort (location) and draw.
> >
> > Inside a browser, you may use java3d.
> > For example, for Germany, you have Gigabytes of (uncompressed) vector
> data.
> > If you want to get the vector data interactively in small parts, OSM
> would need much more server power.
> >
> > There are many other renderers, most of them in 2d. Osmarenderer and
> Mapnik are typical vector renderer, but not interactive.
> 
> Use regional extracts of the database, then.
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Planet.osm#Extracts

I'm using regional extracts. But to switch from one country in Germany to another, I have to restart the program. (Or throw everything out of the memory and load the new file).

 
> -- 
> Regards,
> Thomas Wood
> (Edgemaster)

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