On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 1:58 PM, GeoJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andy Allan wrote: >> You can use the ETag HTTP header from the tiles to see if they have >> been changed, so long as your application keeps track of them. > > Is the ETag mechanism better that the "LastModified" mechanism? > > IMHO for custom applications/scripts maintaining a etag database is very > complicated therefore it is easier to just redownload a tile instead of > dealing with the ETags... > > BTW: The [EMAIL PROTECTED] tiles server use the LastModified header and they > support the IfModifiedSince header... > > GeoJ
There's now a python script that can now update the local files: http://stetson.frozenhat.fi/~tpr/temp/osmupdater-20080814.tar.bz2 run: python osmupdater.py --help r -- | risto h. kurppa | risto at kurppa dot fi | http://risto.kurppa.fi _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/newbies
