[OSM-talk] OpenStreetMap 2008

[Christoph Hormann]

On Monday 19 February 2018, Ilya Zverev wrote:
>
> The planet file for 20.02.2008 is slightly over 3 gigabytes, but when
> you cut USA out, you're left with a 400 MB pbf file. Checked out the
> latest OSM Carto 3.x style, and voila — OpenStreetMap as it looked
> exactly ten years ago:
>
> http://osmz.ru/osm2008.html

Have you tried running OSMCoastline on that planet?  Might be tricky but 
would significantly improve the realism of the historic image.

-- 
Christoph Hormann
http://www.imagico.de/