Hi,
>
> Yes, I finally saw some other output but memory usage was very high
> indeed (and swapping). So now it's working on the pre-split polygons.
>
> I get quite a lot of the following messages, are those expected?
>
> > Compressed buffers are too short, causing extra copy
>
Yes, these messages come from the pbf write routine and they
are just informational.

Gerd