Dirk Stöcker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 9 Dec 2008, Matthias Julius wrote: > >>> If on the other hand a standard interface can be established, so that >>> e.g. the server is faster when a "strip-xxx" request is done, but a >>> non-stripped request can be delivered nevertheless (as default) I would >>> say this could be a fine solution. >> >> The goal here is to make the database faster by limiting the amount of >> data that is stored in there. So if a server only supports the >> "strip-xxx" request and no regular request it can do no harm. > > I do not know how databases work in detail nowadays, but I thought not the > amount of data itself is the limiting factor but the way it is stored. So > when storing is optimized for certain requests a speedup should possible > even without removing any information.
True, there is probably room for improvement. Matthias _______________________________________________ Tilesathome mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tilesathome
