[OSM-talk] Re: [OSM-dev] MassGIS dataset

[Christopher Schmidt]

On Sat, Jun 03, 2006 at 05:51:29PM +0200, Lars Aronsson wrote:
> Christopher Schmidt wrote:
> 
> > The problem is that there's no way to get the data out,
> 
> Oh yes you can, for a small area you can use the API.  It's a 
> plain HTTP get request that returns the same kind of XML you get 
> in the planet.osm dump.  This is enough for a proof of concept.

What do you consider a usable proof of concept? A single block? A square
mile? A single degree by a single degree? I don't have any interest in
scales less than statewide -- and I can't even get a half-degree by a
half-degree API query out of San Francisco in less than 3 hours. (As of
yesterday morning.)

Since there's been a request *not* to grab large chunks of data via the
API, what exactly do you expect would be a decent demo? I'm glad to give
you a demo to do whatevery ou want with, but for my needs, OSM can't
serve them at the moment.

-- 
Christopher Schmidt
Web Developer