[OSM-dev] Release candidate for OSM binary format is in osmosis trunk.

[John Smith]

On 22 September 2010 23:23, Grant Slater <openstreetmap at firefishy.com> wrote:
> I quite like the .osm.bz2 format. I don't see it being kicked off
> http://planet.osm.org anytime soon. Parallel distribution is an
> option.

Considering Scott was able to get the full planet dump under 5G it
seems a better idea to go with his binary format...