[OSM-talk] On how to store geospatial data !?; Was : Server slowness

Nick Hill nick at nickhill.co.uk
Sun Jan 14 16:50:01 GMT 2007


Hello Martin

How do you store and retrieve your geospatial data?

Martin Spott wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Iv??n S??nchez Ortega wrote:
> 
>> Why doesn't OSM use MySQL's spatial extensions, then? If the 'latitude' 
>> and 'altitude' columns are merged into a single column of type 'Point',
> 
> I know, the subject sounds a bit provocative, but I don't intend to
> hurt anyone. Please read on, of you like.
> 
> A bit of a background: I'm running a respository of "Open Geospatial
> Data" for approximatley two years now and the software I'm using for
> storage has been proven to be reliable and capable of handling large
> datasets, even under load.




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