[OSM-dev] Quick OSM read-only API optimised for rendering

Peter Körner osm-lists at mazdermind.de
Mon Oct 26 12:24:04 GMT 2009


> Looks interesting but only for high zoom-levels.
> What queries can be supported to e.g. render a map of the world?
> That would at least require all coastlines but not in full resolution.

This is only true for the coastlines, as mapnik is doing the same 
(coastlines from shapefile, everything else from postgis).

Peter




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