From 9c2e15e9dc93c7ce7ffb2933a35c6c7034f59f9b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Zsolt Ero Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 19:00:45 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] readme --- README.md | 4 ++++ website/blocks/main.md | 2 +- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e660e90..0dd0933 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ The created .mbtiles file is then extracted into a BTRFS partition image using t Finally, it's uploaded to a public Cloudflare R2 bucket using rclone. +*Note: Perhaps the most original aspect of this repository is the use of partition images and hard links. I experimented with ext4 first, but BTRFS proved to be a better fit for the job, with much smaller resulting images. I wrote extract_mbtiles and shrink_btrfs scripts for this very purpose.* + + + #### scripts/http_host - HTTP host Inside `http_host`, all work is done by `host_manager.py`. It checks the most up-to-date files in the public buckets and downloads/extracts them locally, if needed. diff --git a/website/blocks/main.md b/website/blocks/main.md index 3119fe8..5feb429 100644 --- a/website/blocks/main.md +++ b/website/blocks/main.md @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ If this project helps you save on your map hosting costs, please consider subscr ## How can I follow this project? -twitter: [hyperknot](https://twitter.com/hyperknot) (more details) and [OpenFreeMapOrg](https://twitter.com/OpenFreeMapOrg) (announcements) +twitter: [hyperknot](https://twitter.com/hyperknot) (details) and [OpenFreeMapOrg](https://twitter.com/OpenFreeMapOrg) (announcements) GitHub: [openfreemap](https://github.com/hyperknot/openfreemap) and [openfreemap-styles](https://github.com/hyperknot/openfreemap-styles)