Re: [OSM-talk] Why bz2?

2010-11-23 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 11/23/10 12:59, Fabio Alessandro Locati wrote: On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Frederik Ramm wrote: We have introduced a new binary format that compresses far better than even xz, so if you're willing to install extra software for uncompressing data, go with the new pbf format. Extrac

Re: [OSM-talk] Why bz2?

2010-11-23 Thread Daniel van Gerpen
On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 12:59:54 +0100 Fabio Alessandro Locati wrote: > On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Frederik Ramm > wrote: > > We have introduced a new binary format that compresses far better > > than even xz, so if you're willing to install extra software for > > uncompressing data, go with

Re: [OSM-talk] Why bz2?

2010-11-23 Thread Shaun McDonald
On Tue, November 23, 2010 11:59 am, Fabio Alessandro Locati wrote: > On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Frederik Ramm > wrote: >> We have introduced a new binary format that compresses far better than >> even >> xz, so if you're willing to install extra software for uncompressing >> data, >> go wit

Re: [OSM-talk] Why bz2?

2010-11-23 Thread Mike Dupont
Great work Frederik ! thanks again for your extracts! On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Frederik Ramm wrote: > Fabio, > > > Fabio Alessandro Locati wrote: > >> It seems that all files from planet.openstreetmap.org are in .bz2 >> format. Why using it instead of xz? xz can compress (usually) more

Re: [OSM-talk] Why bz2?

2010-11-23 Thread Fabio Alessandro Locati
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Frederik Ramm wrote: > We have introduced a new binary format that compresses far better than even > xz, so if you're willing to install extra software for uncompressing data, > go with the new pbf format. Extracts on the download.geofabrik.de site are > already a

Re: [OSM-talk] Why bz2?

2010-11-23 Thread Frederik Ramm
Fabio, Fabio Alessandro Locati wrote: It seems that all files from planet.openstreetmap.org are in .bz2 format. Why using it instead of xz? xz can compress (usually) more than bz2 and is way faster to compress/uncompress.(1) I'm sure that there are other sources that report the same info. Please

Re: [OSM-talk] Why bz2?

2010-11-23 Thread Tom Hughes
On 23/11/10 11:06, Fabio Alessandro Locati wrote: > It seems that all files from planet.openstreetmap.org are in .bz2 > format. Why using it instead of xz? xz can compress (usually) more > than bz2 and is way faster to compress/uncompress.(1) I'm sure that > there are other sources that report the

[OSM-talk] Why bz2?

2010-11-23 Thread Fabio Alessandro Locati
It seems that all files from planet.openstreetmap.org are in .bz2 format. Why using it instead of xz? xz can compress (usually) more than bz2 and is way faster to compress/uncompress.(1) I'm sure that there are other sources that report the same info. Please, consider xz as a possibility. It would