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Maybe the tileset could be distributed via torrent, like how they distribute the main dataset.
by npteljes 6y ago
Maybe the tileset could be distributed via torrent, like how they distribute the main dataset.
- walrus01 6y agothat would be a bad idea since the tiles are ever changing. the master copy of the data is in a vector format. the idea is you want to run the (free) software engine that turns the vector data into various zoom levels of raster tiles, on demand. the vector data is really quite small, an entire large-population US state with many complex cities is under a few hundred megabytes.
- npteljes 6y agoWell their master data, planet.osm, is ever changing also, and they have a good time distributing that via torrent.