Hi Gerd,

at last you need the data uncompressed in a buffer, right? That's why i see no difference between using compressed or uncompressed hgt files. Compressed files need a little bit more time for uncompressing, but after that the data need the same size in memory. That's why i see no vantage for mkgmap if the data are stored in an other form. It can only save disc space, no heap space.

What speaks against a limitation for the extent of a maptile? This limited the count of hgt's for one maptile too.

You have the option --max-areas for splitter. We need only an additional option like --maxextent or whatever. Perhaps we have then maptiles without points, lines or areas (on oceans, deserts or so), but why not?


Frank