[OSM-talk] set up PostGIS with OSM data

Dave Stubbs osm.list at randomjunk.co.uk
Thu Apr 16 09:46:04 BST 2009


2009/4/16 Frederik Ramm <frederik at remote.org>:
> Hi,
>
> Torsten Mohr wrote:
>> 2. relations-090408.osm.bz2  (what is this one for?  I did not use it at all.)
>
> It is included in the planet file you have downloaded; the extra
> download is only for people who are not interested in the rest.
>
>> Speicherzugriffsfehler
>> # The line above is German, means memory access error.
>
> How much RAM do you have on that box? Importing a planet file without
> the -s option will probably require at least a 32 GB machine (I am
> guessing here, can somebody confirm?).

Somewhere between 4-5GB is required at the moment -- it increases all
the time though :-)
My home system stopped working a couple of months back because it's
only a 32bit system -- you need a 64bit system to manage the whole
planet in non-slim mode.

Dave




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