source=Bing ad source=bing aren't the same when it comes to data compression. So getting a little more consistency in the tags would help. Not so much the .osm format but certainly the compressed formats.
Cheerio John On 18 January 2018 at 06:28, Martin Koppenhoefer <dieterdre...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2018-01-18 12:01 GMT+01:00 Oleksiy Muzalyev <oleksiy.muzal...@bluewin.ch>: > >> >> >> You make sound 1.7% as not much, however, in say civil aviation or >> maritime industries, consistent 1.7% of fuel efficiency increase would be a >> breakthrough. >> >> I do not suggest, speaking figuratively, not breathing to save air. On >> the contrary, I think the mapping just begins, at least in some areas. So >> there will be much more, perhaps, times more data. >> >> At the same time, it would not harm to be mindful of data size issue and >> to follow simple best practices, as the shortest URL possible, the ISO >> phone format, etc. > > > > > do not forget that computers get more powerful very quickly, compared to > airplane efficiency for example. Cost of RAM and Diskspace is constantly > falling, as is raising transfer speed of our internet connections. Reducing > detail to save on disk space isn't what I would recommend. With some > patience, you can still import the whole planet on a 6 years old, lower end > computer with slow HDD (takes approx. 2 weeks), if you need more speed, > invest in RAM and an SSD RAID array (all not so expensive any more). For a > country extract, don't expect it to import within a few minutes, but > besides the biggest countries, a few hours should suffice. > > Cheers, > Martin > > _______________________________________________ > talk mailing list > talk@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk > >
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