Oh, torrents for #OpenStreetMap planet data are available going back to 02020.
on 02025-11-27The #PBF format for #OpenStreetMap: “It is about half of the size of a gzipped planet [in OSM XML format] and about 30% smaller than a bzipped planet. It is also about 5x faster to write than a gzipped planet and 6x faster to read than a gzipped planet. The format was designed to support future extensibility and flexibility.
The underlying file format is chosen to support random access at the 'fileblock' granularity. Each file-block is independently decodable and contains a series of encoded PrimitiveGroups, with each PrimitiveGroup containing ~8k OSM entities in the default configuration.”. #file-format
on 02025-11-27And Argentina on #OpenStreetMap is only 426 megabytes.
on 02025-11-27South America on #OpenStreetMap is only 4 gigabytes in PBF format. North America is 19.
on 02025-11-27How to download #OpenStreetMap #dataset files. Amazon donates (?) unlimited bandwidth from S3.
on 02025-11-27The #OpenStreetMap #dataset downloads page. 156GB for planet.xml, 84GB for planet PBF file, 7.5GB for latest weekly changesets.
on 02025-11-27#Open-source #Android #OpenStreetMap app, a fork of MapsWithMe/Maps.Me, that's apparently a lot more responsive than OsmAnd~
on 02024-01-12