[Openstreetmap] ontology, money

[Matt Amos]

On Sunday 20 March 2005 12:14, David Cantrell wrote:
> Schuyler Erle wrote:
> > * On 20-Mar-2005 at  4:03AM PST, David Cantrell said:
> >>Schuyler Erle wrote:
> >>>I think that's a premature optimization. The metadata we're
> >>> talking about isn't huge in any representation.
> >>
> >>It's huge if you're downloading a map of a whole city for offline
> >> use.
> >
> > I have one word for you: gzip.
>
> I have three words for you: it's still huge.
>
> Mind you, it's also still a premature optimisation :-)

we could always provide another download point with the same 
functionality but using a binary DTD, and gzip on top of that?

still, it'll always be huge.

its just a question of how huge ;-)

matt
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