[OSM-dev] comparing two planet files

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

On 01/05/11 01:21, Stephan Knauss wrote:
> First I wondered that both resulting files got smaller.
> Is removing the source tag saving this much?

The processed files probably lack the <changeset> section of the 
original planet.

> So let's assume the file will get smaller. I now wonder why it differs
> that much depending on the tool applying the diff.

Most likely whitespace.

> What tool could be used to diff the generated osm files? diff just tells
> me "out of memory"

Then try the same on a smaller scale. Produce an XML file with only 10 
elements, and a diff with only 2, and apply them, and check the difference.

> I would like to know what data was missing.

My guess is that no data will be missing.

Bye
Frederik