index - Data Stores

The index submodule provides efficient storage containers for preprocessed OSM data.

Node Location Storage

Node location can be cached in a LocationTable. There are different implementations available which should be choosen according to the size of data and whether or not the cache should be permanent. See the Osmium manual for a detailed explaination. The compiled in types can be listed with the map_types function, new storages can be created with create_map.