On 15 November 2010 09:49, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer <[email protected]>wrote:
> 2010/11/15 Peter Körner <[email protected]>: > > Am 14.11.2010 11:54, schrieb Stefan de Konink: > >> > >> Is it possible to generate them and be placed on > >> planet.openstreetmap.org <http://planet.openstreetmap.org>? > > > > I'd like to vote for that, too, if the server is able to produce both > > versions. I wouldn't want to see the xml.bz2 version dropped. > > > please don't drop the osm.bz2 (xml) version in the near future, there > is a lot of people relying on it, and geofabrik already announced that > they might drop their version of osm.bz2 (pointing out that there > would still be the planet). > If we were to drop the osm.bz2 file, we will give ample warnings and long in advance. In addition, I strongly believe that the XML OSM file format is a good exchange format so I don't see it disappearing. The usage of the pbf and XML format are not the same. Emily Laffray
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