[OSM-talk] Planet database size?

Peter Körner osm-lists at mazdermind.de
Mon Oct 18 08:50:50 BST 2010


Am 18.10.2010 07:37, schrieb Toby Murray:
> Using the whole planet for my project is probably not practical at
> this point regardless so I will focus on Kansas only to begin with
> (takes maybe 2 hours to import) and then maybe expand to more of the
> US if time permits. But I still haven't killed osmosis and if it is
> almost done I think I'll just let it go for the fun of it.

The first thing to ask is, if a serial iteration through the planet will 
be acceptable. Most statistics can be done this way and it is always 
faster on slow disks.

Peter



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