Simple Data Converters
Converting map data between formats should be easy, but in practice, it's surprisingly complicated.
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When I started working with map data, I found that most tools for converting formats were unreliable. Many programs try to load the entire source file into memory before writing the output, which is a problem if your file is 50GB and your laptop only has 3GB of RAM.
There are plenty of other data conversion tools out there, but they’re often hard to install and lack the features I need. So, I decided to create my own. These converters are simple to "install"—just compile and run. They’re open source, so you can customize them as you like. Contributions and pull requests are always welcome!
These programs process data one line at a time, even from compressed files, and write the results directly to another compressed file.
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