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		unwind on May 13, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Vector Tiles for MapBox Streets I wondered, too. Luckily, there's some hard data further down in the post: [...] highly optimized, slim enough to fit the entire world onto a single USB stick. Now that the exact size is known (1 world/stick), it's easy to get a feel for how this new format is better than the old alternatives, right? Grumble.

tmcw on May 13, 2013 [–]

On a stick, the world (via OSM) is around 33GB. It's 300+GB in PostGIS, so about a 10x win.

unwind on May 15, 2013 | | [–]

Thanks! That really should have been in the post, glad to finally get some closure.

Demiurge on May 13, 2013 | | [–]

Thats pretty awesome!

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