Thread: Maemo Mapper v2.6 - SQLite and APRS
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2009-03-14 , 19:57
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Originally Posted by zman View Post
I noticed the map downloading speed when using sqlite is much slower than that when using db. It's almost unbearably slow. So I'm still stuck with db format.
Me, not so much. SQLite corrects one of what for me was a limitation to M/M....

The ability to have the USA saved @ large numbers (down to 12 zoom in 2's) for reference, an additional home field area in greater detail (about a day driving trip in any direction) down to zoom level 4 in 2's, plus the ability of adding additional "home fields" when on business trips or vacations.

The DB format would allow the country wide and home field maps but if you needed to add another area in greater detail it would run smack into the 2 GB barrier. Plus you wouldn't know what got added before the download was aborted.

Home field for me would be say 4 parallel by 3 meridian lines or 207 miles by 276 miles, about 57,000 square.

BTW, in the time it took me to post this I was able to download most of North America to SQLite @ 12 zoom. Not too bad... but I type pretty dang slow and my spelling skills suck.