[OSM-dev] How to earn undying fame

[Tom Hughes]

On 21/06/10 17:42, Lambertus wrote:

>> Updating the database weekly might not be able to meet people
>> expectation like the instant rendering that we have.
>> It is more than just a tab to add.
 >
> Yeah well, our gazetteer isn't updated instantly either, not even
> weekly. Also, I would be seriously impressed if someone could come up
> with a routing engine that can have it's database updated in situ and
> still be able to service the whole world with a performance that doesn't
> drive everyone away instantly. Please tell me if you know of such an
> opensource routing engine.

It was being updated fairly instantly, and hopefully will be again soon. 
There was just a bit of a glitch of late...

That said, weekly updates is certainly better than nothing.

Tom

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