[OSM-talk] Extra zoom level needed?

[Steve Bennett]

On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 10:22 PM, Maarten Deen <mdeen at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> Adding a zoomlevel adds 4 tiles for each tile in the previous zoomlevel.
> You'll go from 91 billion tiles to 366 billion.
> This meaning you need 4 times the load to generate, 4 times the storage to
> hold them, 4 times the traffic to display them.

Could it be done selectively - only in urban areas? No need for an
extra zoom level in the desert... That would at least help with the
storage and generation aspects.

Steve