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

SteveC steve at asklater.com
Thu Nov 16 14:35:44 GMT 2006


* @ 16/11/06 11:07:52 AM Nick.Whitelegg at solent.ac.uk wrote:
> >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 ?
> 
> I *think* this is just a temporary requirement, to quickly get Mapnik 
> tiles of the whole world.
> 
> I believe the longer term plan (Steve?) is to store OSM data in a PostGIS 

No, not at all.

have fun,

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




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