[OSM-talk] osm2pgsql & planet: frustrations, cutoffs, and idempotence

[Jochen Topf]

On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 06:11:04PM -0700, Michal Migurski wrote:
> What is the difference between osmosis and osm2pgsql, with regards to  
> postGIS?

osm2pgsql creates the structure needed for Mapnik. Osmosis creates a
structure more simliar to the one in the OSM central database.

> If I've been maintaining a dataset based on osm2pgsql with the  
> provided default.style, would a dataset based on osmosis result in a  
> substantially different table structure?

Yes.

Jochen
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