On 22 September 2010 22:37, Anthony <[email protected]> wrote: > How long does it take to just make a compressed psql binary dump?
This is why XML is used, it's database independent, there is apps like navit and mkgmap that use their own format, further more the psql binary dump may not include all the information if it's only being used for tile rendering, although some people want the full file, and those that don't would be forced to filter it some how for just the information they require. In this case binary dumps occur anyway (osm.bz2) but it makes more sense to have an OSM specific format to reduce overhead and speed up processing. _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev
