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OpenStreetMap postgresql postGIS database on RAID

rw — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:26:10 -0400

Configure a database for OpenStreetMap on another disk

Perhaps you need more space for your OpenStreetMap database and decide to move it to your shiny new big disk or RAID array? Sound good? Here we go. We need to create a tablespace for the database, then use it.

Create a directory for the database
sudo mkdir /raid/newgis sudo chown postgres:postgres /raid/newgis

As the postgres user
sudo -u postgres -i

Create a user for this database. Perhaps replace username with your username? Sure. read more »

Build your own OpenStreetMap Server - Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx

rw — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:13:48 -0400

Build your own OpenStreetMap server. Build your own what?

OpenStreetMap is the editable World map of everything. It is the Wikipedia of maps. It is to other on-line maps as Wikipedia is to Britannica. And it is awesome in every possible way. read more »

Make a planet file

rw — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:18:08 -0400

If you are reading these articles in the order that they are published, then there are several steps missing between Make your first Map and this one. Sorry. I'll fill in the rest soon. This appears not yet to be documented elsewhere. So it is probably worth jumping ahead for this one.

This article deals with OpenStreetMap API v0.5 read more »

planet

OpenStreetMap postgresql postGIS database on RAID

Configure a database for OpenStreetMap on another disk

Build your own OpenStreetMap Server - Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx

Make a planet file

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