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2009-03-15 , 00:30
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#138
Originally Posted by blowfish23 View Post
I was wondering why the maps take up 5 times as much space than they are supposed to. As I downloaded the maps, it said downloading 0.1 mb, 1.12 mb, 15 mb etc. and when I added it in my head it was no more than 50 mb. But when I go to the map file, it's 250+ mb. Do I have some kind of setting wrong or what?
Maemo Mapper's estimate can vary widely in accuracy, particularly between repositories. Maemo Mapper doesn't know the average tile size on a per-server basis - I just picked a number. Satellite images are particularly prone to exceeding Maemo Mapper's estimate.

So don't worry, nothing's wrong. Maemo Mapper's estimates are just inaccurate.