[mkgmap-dev] splitter r325: improved split algo and new option

Wed May 7 11:56:41 BST 2014

  okay, well the numbers are convincing. I will change to o5m and 
osmupdate too - as soon as I find the time (I do think I need 5-10 hours 
changing my scripts and making sure everything is neatly cut, but right 
now I'm too timelimited to do so)..
On 07.05.2014 12:15, Bernd Weigelt wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 7. Mai 2014, 11:37:58 schrieb Felix Hartmann:
>> Well I still use pbf and not o5m.
>> First pbf is smaller..
>> Second - Geofabrik only offers pbf - that's why I stayed with it.
>>
>> I don't think I can cut a lot of time by first converting to 05m, then
>> hand it over to splitter...
>> Actually I also let splitter output pbf... Maybe I could change that in
>> future to 05m..
> I download a planet.pbf, convert it to o5m, time ~50 mins,and cut the needed
> polies from that planet.o5m. an update of my germany.o5m, 3,2 GB. takes now 3
> minutes. I update the planet once a month, my extracts everytime i need them.
>
> thats much faster then download a new pbf everyday or update this pbf.
> and with the local planet it is easier to create special maps for friends like
> bonn+100 or dach+
>
> Bernd
>
>

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Felix
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