[OSM-talk] Putting as little load as possible on the main OSM server

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, in an attempt to put less load on the www.openstreetmap.org server, I select the link of the bounding box in the mapping application I use(JOSM) and copy and paste it in my web browser. Then I click on the export tab and download the data as a

Re: [OSM-talk] Putting as little load as possible on the main OSM server

Hi, Niklas Cholmkvist wrote: Does anyone know if the first method I mentioned(export method) really puts less load on the main openstreetmap server? It doesn't; it is the same API function called by JOSM and by you hitting the export tab. (It might be different API daemons handling your

Re: [OSM-talk] Putting as little load as possible on the main OSM server

Niklas Cholmkvist wrote: Does anyone know if the first method I mentioned(export method) really puts less load on the main openstreetmap server? No. Exporting OSM data just redirects to the same API call that JOSM uses to download data. Tom -- Tom Hughes (t...@compton.nu)