On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Richard Weait <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 2:43 AM, Lambertus <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 06-05-11 02:09, Grant Slater wrote: >>> >>> And routing on osm.org? >>> >>> / Grant >>> >>> >> Would be awesome and is already possible for a while. See: >> http://nroets.dev.openstreetmap.org/demo/ (select the 'routing' layer). > > This one seems much faster, though with fewer options. > http://routingdemo.geofabrik.de/
Richard, I'm not sure when you last tried it. I now have a server that keeps the complete planet in RAM, making it considerably faster. In fact, someone who recently compared the two said it was faster than the geofabrik demo. The reason for this may be due to differences in Javascript, network latencies, density of the map where the test is being performed etc. > Perhaps the UI and options of the first can be improved with the speed > and routing engine of the second? > There are two more things to consider: Update frequency and support for a variety of tags. > ... evaluate ... the resources / server it will require. Then acquire the > hardware. AFAIK, whenever this topic was discussed by the sysadmins, it did not end in any real conclusion. (A number of other websites found that it's better to "Just do it") I really want to avoid the delays that another round of discussion and eventual hardware purchases will bring. So I'm willing to pay for hosting on Amazon during a trial period. That will give us the ability to scale infinitely. It will also give us time to find the most appropriate hardware and raise the necessary donations. So the only remaining issue is for the sysadmins to apply, test and deploy the patch they received. Regards, Nic _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
