I think that is a great idea! is that not why google developed PBF so you can use it for streaming? mike
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 7:09 PM, john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com> wrote: > Since JOSM can now read PBF files could JOSM request the area of the map to > be downloaded to be in PBF format? > > It would lower the bandwidth requirements. > > I think it could still return any edits or additions in OSM format but I > think more bandwidth is consumed downloading than adding a couple of street > names in an upload. > > Cheerio John > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > -- James Michael DuPont Member of Free Libre Open Source Software Kosova http://flossk.org _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk