It was me :) As you sent me the access credentials I assumed you knew. Cheers
Michael Am 27.02.2011 um 22:46 schrieb Nolan Darilek: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Just had a very nice chat with one of you, not sure whom, about Neo4J > Spatial's future, and we talked briefly about the possibility of a > remotely-hosted OSM dataset. > > I'm working on Hermes, an accessible navigation platform > (http://hermesgps.info). You can see an example of what I'm doing at > http://thewordnerd.homeip.net/#30.267153,-97.74306 when it's actually > running. At the moment it's hosting a very small subset of OSM data, > only Texas, but I'd eventually like to host/access the entire planet. > This will require a business model, so I'm planning on doing something > like a $5-$10/month subscription--definitely a bargain when you consider > that the cheapest accessible GPS costs ~$800. :) An externally-hosted > and updated OSM planet would be an interesting option, though, and would > drastically cut costs/requirements on my end. > > Not knowing much about Neo4J just yet, though, I'm wondering what > considerations I should make in my current designs to allow for this > possibility should it be available and should I choose to take it? > > For instance, at the moment I have OSM data stored in an H2 database, > and user points/users stored in MongoDB. This, as you might imagine, is > messy. First, there are times when I refer to points by their ID--in the > web services API, for instance--and I have to search for the ID in two > places. I'm looking forward to storing both types of points in the same > database such that one place is the definitive dataset. Only, would this > be doable with the possible hosted solution? that is, can a Neo4J > instance merge the remote OSM data and the local list of private points > such that if I ask for everything in a 100-meter radius, then points > from both sources would automatically appear? Or should I start > designing some sort of DataSetContainer that searches multiple datasets > and combines their results? > > Also, is it possible to delegate access to different portions of a > database? So, for instance, I could host my users and their data locally > somehow, but still access OSM data remotely, and treat it like the same > database? > > I realize this won't be happening too terribly soon, but having just > redesigned a rather fundamental piece of my core API to make it > dataset-agnostic, I'd kind of like to avoid having to do that again in > the near future if I can avoid it. :) So if I know how these things are > expected to work, then I can know whether or not my current > single-dataset design is usable. > > Thanks. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAk1qxkwACgkQIaMjFWMehWIJcwCfZRzW2mh5K9B0QNBmy0/kKO+n > dykAn1J7LA0ABR3W5DylTJe5It3Zm4jB > =uboT > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Neo4j mailing list > User@lists.neo4j.org > https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user _______________________________________________ Neo4j mailing list User@lists.neo4j.org https://lists.neo4j.org/mailman/listinfo/user