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, consider xz as a possibility. It would decrease the space needed, the time used to make the planets and the bandwith use.
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 available in .osm.pbf, and sonner or later the full planet file will be, too.
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