[OSM-talk] OSM data, how can we contribute to keep it to a reasonable size?

[john whelan]

source=Bing ad source=bing aren't the same when it comes to data
compression.  So getting a little more consistency in the tags would help.
Not so much the .osm format but certainly the compressed formats.

Cheerio John

On 18 January 2018 at 06:28, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdreist at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 2018-01-18 12:01 GMT+01:00 Oleksiy Muzalyev <oleksiy.muzalyev at bluewin.ch>:
>
>>
>>
>> You make sound 1.7% as not much, however, in say civil aviation or
>> maritime industries, consistent 1.7% of fuel efficiency increase would be a
>> breakthrough.
>>
>> I do not suggest, speaking figuratively, not breathing to save air. On
>> the contrary, I think the mapping just begins, at least in some areas. So
>> there will be much more, perhaps, times more data.
>>
>> At the same time, it would not harm to be mindful of data size issue and
>> to follow simple best practices, as the shortest URL possible, the ISO
>> phone format, etc.
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>
> do not forget that computers get more powerful very quickly, compared to
> airplane efficiency for example. Cost of RAM and Diskspace is constantly
> falling, as is raising transfer speed of our internet connections. Reducing
> detail to save on disk space isn't what I would recommend. With some
> patience, you can still import the whole planet on a 6 years old, lower end
> computer with slow HDD (takes approx. 2 weeks), if you need more speed,
> invest in RAM and an SSD RAID array (all not so expensive any more). For a
> country extract, don't expect it to import within a few minutes, but
> besides the biggest countries, a few hours should suffice.
>
> Cheers,
> Martin
>
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