[OSM-talk] route type relations bus routes and bicycle routes

[Andy Allan]

On Jan 21, 2008 7:08 PM, Igor Brejc <igor.brejc at gmail.com> wrote:

> True, Kosmos currently uses XML files, so it's not an option for such a
> large area. Maybe in the future some sort of compact db will be
> supported, but I'm not too keen on making it a server-based thing. We
> have Mapnik and t at h for that.
> Just being curious: how much time does it take Mapnik to generate those
> 500,000 tiles on your machine?

About 10 hours, give or take. Gets through z12 tiles at about 10 per
second on a 4 year old machine if you want something to aim at.

http://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/dev/2007-November/007782.html

Cheers,
Andy