[OSM-talk] Gosmore "Live" DVD for Europe

[Nic Roets]

Recent improvements in the gosmore file format allows for reasonable
operation when the data is stored on "bulk" devices like DVDs.

I created such a DVD from yesterdays Europe extract (thanks
Frederick). It also contains gosmore.exe and all the DLLs necessary
for Windows XP (256 MB or more recommended), along with a linux
executable that may (not) work. Off-course it will work better if you
copy the files to HD.

I'll mail the DVD to anyone who's interested, up to a point. Send me
an off-list email with your postal address by Wednesday.

The Linux commands to generate it goes something like this :
svn co http://svn.openstreetmap.org/applications/rendering/gosmore/
cd gosmore
make
wget http://download.geofabrik.de/osm/europe.osm.bz2
unset DISPLAY
# Force exit after rebuild
bzcat europe.osm.bz2 | ./gosmore rebuild
# 2 hours on a dual core 32 bit machine with 1 GB RAM
mv gosmore.pak master.pak
bzcat europe.osm.bz2 | ./gosmore rebuild -84 -179 84 179
# Keep all the data, but rearrange "way data" for less seeks
wget www.rational.co.za/gosmore/gosmore.zip
# This MinGW port now includes all necessary DLLs
unzip gosmore.zip
growisofs -Z /dev/dvd -R -J .

--
Gosmore now also includes a URL bar for copying and pasting to / from
web browser and / or JOSM. For quickly fixing a mapping mistake.