[OSM-dev] osm2pgsql for 64-bit IDs

[Anthony]

On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 3:42 AM, Jochen Topf <jochen at remote.org> wrote:
> So let me see whether I got this right:
>
> You have some vague idea how you are going to save us a lot of space by somehow
> storing coordinates in ways. You think its "worth doing something about", but
> you haven't done anything. You haven't explained how exactly this is supposed
> to work in detail. You haven't explained how you are planning to change every
> single piece of software that handles OSM data. You haven't explained how
> corner cases are handled such as when all tags are removed from a node in a way
> (does this node then loose its ID and is integrated into the way?). You haven't
> explained how we would get there from where we are.
>
> You haven't done anything on this idea *you* came up with. But you expect all
> the other people who don't believe in this idea to do the work? How are others
> supposed to explain the problems with your plan if you haven't even got a plan,
> just a vague idea?

No, that is completely incorrect.  I'm not sure where you got any of that from.

> Please, if you think this is worth working on, then do so. Work on it. Study
> the problems, change some software, come up with a plan, try to implement it,
> find flaws, rework the plan. Do something.

Already working on it.