On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 02:31:13AM +0200, Frederik Ramm wrote: > David, [snip] > HOWEVER, it takes much longer to import the full linestrings than to > just import a bbox in the first place. > > So if your application, for whatever reason, does not need pre-built > geometries, but just an overall idea of where in the world a certain way > is, then the bbox builder mechanism in Osmosis allows you to skip > linestring generation altogether, saving time and storage space. [snip]
Frederik, Thanks for the clarification. Indeed the linestrings are the primary desired feature in my use cases (as will be polygons constructed from the closed ways). Thanks. _______________________________________________ osmosis-dev mailing list osmosis-dev@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/osmosis-dev
