[ gpsdrive ] Mapnik doesn't show a map

[Paul Martin]

On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 10:15:18PM +0200, Stefan Liebl wrote:

> Reading in file: bayern.osm.bz2
> Processing: Node(6584k) Way(522k) Relation(0k)Killed

There's a problem with larger areas. If you import the UK and Ireland using
the default "ram" method, you run the danger of running out of virtual
memory (3Gb per process on most 32bit platforms). The only way round that is
to use the very slow "slim mode" or switch to a 64bit platform.

You run out of virtual memory long before you run out of real memory, due to
the sparse arrays that osm2pgsql uses.

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Paul Martin <pm at debian.org>