[OSM-talk] calling all python coders for slippy map help

[Thomas Walraet]

SteveC a écrit :
> 
> We need help with the slippy map code. We need something that will do
> what this script does (or better):
> 
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Slippy_Map#python_script

As I understand it, this script populate a DB with the planet.osm data.

Isn't it strange to create an xml file from a database and then reinject 
it in another db ?
It seems (but i could be wrong) that most of the people who is using the 
planet.osm always start by doing a database from it (or parse it to 
extract a small area, which could be done easily from a db).

Wouldn't it be more efficient to generate the planet file directly in 
SQL format ?