[OSM-talk] OSM back

[SteveC]

* @ 03/07/06 11:39:14 PM immanuel.scholz at gmx.de wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> >> This file completly lacks timestamps, even for the ways. (The old planet
> >> files also contained no timestamp, but I think it would be good to
> >> include this, in case of someone using the planet.osm as base data for
> >> OSM-server interactions).
> >
> > Yes, I said the _api_ not the dump :)
> 
> Well, actually the last planet-dump even included timestamps for ways.
> When will a dump including timestamps be available? Can I help to shorten
> the time?

The planet.rb script needs that work... maybe it just ignores the
timestamps right now?

> >> So where is the bottleneck?
> > Same bottleneck as the tiles and the API: the big SQL.
> 
> Wouldn't it then be much faster if you include the history? If you provide
> me with a history-enriched planet-dump, I will provide the history-less
> version for those not interested.

I'm working on that

have fun,

SteveC steve at asklater.com http://www.asklater.com/steve/