On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 5:08 PM, Ian Dees <[email protected]> wrote:

> If I remember correctly the converter is keeping as little in-memory as
> possible (so it can convert huge shapefiles). Also, it will split ways at
> 2000 nodes and turn things into multipolygons.

If that 2000 could be cranked down lower, it would leave room for
local mappers to improve a geometry without also having to split the
way at the 2k boundary right away.  Best practice iirc is to limit
ways to 1000 nodes when creating them.

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