[OSM-talk] Server slowness

[SteveC]

* @ 15/01/07 11:45:42 AM nick at nickhill.co.uk wrote:
> I echo Richard's post.
> 
> But I would add the rider that the current OSM set-up is by no means optimised. 
> I estimate organising the data on disc according to geographic location, and 
> partitioning the database can improve node look-ups by an order of magnitude. 
> Therefore, a direct comparison should implement partitioning.
> 
> Notwithstanding, I fully concur with previous posts that if OSM data model were 
> shared with with the rest of the open GIS community, many benefits would be 
> derived.

What benefits?

Other than having mapnik connect directly to the db (which may not even
be a good thing) which it could anyway...

I'd still be interested in seeing a schema for the whole stack using
spatial stuff, just to see what people think it should look like.

have fun,

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