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They should learn from Google, and package their maps so they can be streamed to clients piecemeal. I bet they spend more in data egress than compute, and PostG
by tadfisher 2y ago
They should learn from Google, and package their maps so they can be streamed to clients piecemeal. I bet they spend more in data egress than compute, and PostGIS is basically made for this.
- SahAssar 2y agoThat's the default way to use OpenStreetMap, either with vector or raster tiles. I'm guessing these apps did it this way for a reason, probably to support the offline usecase and not need a separate way to do it.
- jcul 2y agoYeah I think organic maps and maps.me (the original organic maps was forked from) had the main purpose of being offline maps. Great for travelling. Also cool to check where you are on planes, on non intercontinental flights that don't have screens.