Hi, Am Sonntag, den 01.03.2009, 22:20 +0100 schrieb Steffen Moeller: > >> The directory /root/Maps seems to find some consensus between Qtopia and > >> Debian concerning > >> the location of OpenStreetMap data that was downloaded for offline reuse. > >> I'd prefer to > >> use /var/cache/osm, instead. Would that sound reasonable to you as well? > >> Or is there a > >> better location? > > > > Downloaded maps are user data, thus should be below ~ (i.e. /root while > > running as root, /home/someone while running as a normal user). > > > > That said, it should probably be in ~/.tangoGPS, to follow unix > > convention. > > I don't think so. This is public and mostly invariant data. With multiple > individuals one > could possibly learn about someone's preference in locations, but otherwise > this should be > shared - between users and applications.
OSM data is not invariant at all. Mapnik and Cycle Map tiles are updated once a week, Osmarender is rerendered daily or more often. The bare data behind the rendered tiles is updated 24/7. Most common users will not update often, most mappers would like to have the most recent tiles. For multi-user environments it would make sense to share the cache, but I do not want to update tiles as root. Greetings, Mitja _______________________________________________ pkg-fso-maint mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-fso-maint
