On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 6:40 PM, Daniel Begin <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Richard, > I'm a bit confuse about the announcement. What is that for? What purpose > does it deserved? I should have miss something! > > Cheers, > Daniel
Dear Daniel, "Extract" and "planet" files are for people who wish to consume OpenStreetMap data for some purpose, perhaps to operate their own tile server. The "planet" file is published once per week and includes data of the entire planet. "Extract" files are created by several people, but not by the OSMF directly, and include OpenStreetMap data for some fraction of the planet, for people interested in a smaller portion of the planet. If their interest is limited geographically, they can use an extract file, rather than a planet file, and will have smaller data files to manipulate. Some people find this advantageous. An extract file for all of Canada has been available from CloudMade for a few years. Now, Geofabrik is offering extracts for selected Canadian areas. Currently, for Ontario and for Quebec. I expect the Geofabrik will publish new extracts each week. Does this tell you if you have missed anything? ;-) Best regards, Richard _______________________________________________ Talk-ca mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ca
