[OSM-talk] Making an offline OpenStreetMap CD/DVD ?

[John Smith]

--- On Thu, 2/7/09, Stefan de Konink <stefan at konink.de> wrote:
> > Or you could use some binary format that reduces all
> the bloating produced by xml.
> 
> ...or database [files] as Rory McCann suggested, for direct
> usage.

I'm guessing the database files would take up more space due to overheads and indexing, although I've no idea how garmin stores data but they store it in such a way that it fits on a reasonably small storage device that can be used for routing not just map display.