[Tilesathome] Tile Complexity Database?

[Matti Viljanen]

28.8.2009 19:14, Matthias Julius kirjoitti:
> Frederik Ramm<frederik at remote.org>  writes:
> Is there a database?
>
> AFAIK the tile complexity is the file size in bytes of the tileset
> file for the tile layer.
>
> Matthias
>    
I think, based on gut feeling, that more accurate tile complexicity 
indicator would be the size of downloaded OSM data in bytes... That 
information would be easy to generate on-the-fly, when a client requests 
a certain tileset. Or, is it possible to distinguish a tile download 
from any other download? Or does it even matter on performance point of 
view (to send it 'in vain', to e.g. JOSM)?