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
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
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.
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org 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
On Tue, November 23, 2010 11:59 am, Fabio Alessandro Locati wrote:
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org
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,
On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 12:59:54 +0100
Fabio Alessandro Locati fabioloc...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org
wrote:
We have introduced a new binary format that compresses far better
than even xz, so if you're willing to install extra software
Hi,
On 11/23/10 12:59, Fabio Alessandro Locati wrote:
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Frederik Rammfrede...@remote.org 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
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