> Risking to sound way too negative I have to ask what is the point of creating "gpx dumps" with the same data content as API queryable data?
For the same reason a planet file is published. My use case here is generating a worldwide tile layer of GPX data, and that would not be viable via querying the API - either it would take a very, very long time with individual queries, or the tile service would be reliant on OSM's API staying up. Just as people don't rely on the /map call to generate maps of streets, they shouldn't rely on /gpx to generate maps of tracks. On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Gregory Williams < [email protected]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Peter Gervai [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: 06 April 2013 13:50 > > > > On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 5:37 PM, Ian Dees <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > - This dump only includes the data inserted into the database (lat, > > > lon, > > > > Risking to sound way too negative I have to ask what is the point of > creating > > "gpx dumps" with the same data content as API queryable data? > > My original request - years ago - came up because I missed additional > data > > contained in the GPX files, especially HDOP values and waypoints. > > As far as I see this dump will not contain either; basically you dump > what > > anyone could dump by querying the API, you only save the resources for > not > > doing it one-by-one, right? > > If you followed that argument through then you'd also be able to say that > there's no point in publishing the planet file each week, since it's all > queryable via the API. > > The point of publishing all of the GPX data is, just like the planet, when > you're doing something on a larger scale than would be sensible, polite, or > in line with the usage policy for the API. > > Gregory > > > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev >
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