    30→struct AdminPolygon {
    31→    uint32_t vertex_offset;
    32→    uint16_t vertex_count;
    33→    uint32_t name_id;
    34→    uint8_t admin_level;
    35→    float area;
    36→    uint16_t country_code;
    37→};
    38→
    39→struct NodeCoord {

struct AdminPolygon {
    uint32_t vertex_offset;
    uint16_t vertex_count;
    uint32_t name_id;
    uint8_t admin_level;
    float area;
    uint16_t country_code;
};

struct NodeCoord {


Bash

ssh node3 "python3 << 'PYEOF'
import struct, ctypes

# C struct with default alignment:
# uint32_t vertex_offset   @ 0  (4 bytes)
# uint16_t vertex_count    @ 4  (2 bytes)
# -- 2 bytes padding --    @ 6
# uint32_t name_id         @ 8  (4 bytes)
# uint8_t admin_level      @ 12 (1 byte)
# -- 3 bytes padding --    @ 13
# float area               @ 16 (4 bytes)
# uint16_t country_code    @ 20 (2 bytes)
# -- 2 bytes padding --    @ 22
# Total: 24 bytes

fmt = '<IH2xIB3xfH2x'  # 24 bytes
assert struct.calcsize(fmt) == 24

data = open('/home/michtest/test-multi/admin-only/admin_polygons.bin', 'rb').read()
strings = open('/home/michtest/test-multi/admin-only/strings.bin', 'rb').read()

count = len(data) // 24
print(f'Total admin polygons: {count:,}')
print()

def get_str(off):
    if off >= len(strings): return '???'
    end = strings.index(b'\\x00', off)
    return strings[off:end].decode('utf-8', errors='replace')

levels = {}
level_samples = {}

for i in range(count):
    vertex_offset, vertex_count, name_id, admin_level, area, country_code = struct.unpack_from(fmt, data, i * 24)
    levels[admin_level] = levels.get(admin_level, 0) + 1
    if admin_level not in level_samples:
        level_samples[admin_level] = []
    if len(level_samples[admin_level]) < 5:
        name = get_str(name_id)
        cc = ''
        if country_code > 0:
            cc = chr((country_code >> 8) & 0xFF) + chr(country_code & 0xFF)
        entry = name + ' [' + cc + ']' if cc else name
        level_samples[admin_level].append(entry)

descs = {
    2: 'Country',
    3: 'Region/State (large)',
    4: 'State/Province',
    5: 'District/Region',
    6: 'County/District',
    7: 'Municipality/Township',
    8: 'City/Town/Village',
    9: 'City district/Borough',
    10: 'Neighborhood/Ward',
    11: 'Postal code',
}

print(f'{\"Level\":>5}  {\"Count\":>10}  {\"Description\":<28}  Samples')
print(f'{\"-----\":>5}  {\"-----\":>10}  {\"----------\":<28}  -------')
for level in sorted(levels.keys()):
    desc = descs.get(level, '???')
    samples = ', '.join(level_samples.get(level, [])[:3])
    print(f'{level:>5}  {levels[level]:>10,}  {desc:<28}  {samples}')

print()
total = sum(levels.values())
non_postal = sum(v for k,v in levels.items() if k != 11)
print(f'Total polygons: {total:,}')
print(f'  Admin boundaries (L2-10): {non_postal - levels.get(11, 0):,}')
print(f'  Postal codes (L11): {levels.get(11, 0):,}')
PYEOF" 2>&1

Correctly parse admin polygons


Total admin polygons: 947,358

Level       Count  Description                   Samples
-----       -----  ----------                    -------
    2       1,170  Country                       Nederland - Belgique / België / Belgien, France, Terres australes et antarctiques françaises, Îles Saint-Paul et Nouvelle-Amsterdam - Île Saint-Paul (eaux territoriales), France, Terres australes et antarctiques françaises, Îles Saint-Paul et Nouvelle-Amsterdam - Île Nouvelle-Amsterdam (eaux territoriales)
    3         741  Region/State (large)          Nosy Lava, Chief's Office, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව-මාගම්පුර මහින්ද රාජපක්‍ෂ වරාය
    4      18,801  State/Province                Pulau Rimau, Pulau Betong, Pulau Tikus
    5      21,072  District/Region               Pulau Bakakang Besar, Pulau Bakakang Kecil, Pulau Tumbak Pauno
    6      78,061  County/District               Jutteneiland, เกาะสะวังน้อย, เกาะไข่
    7      53,223  Municipality/Township         เกาะเต่า, RT 02/RW 07, Bokor
    8     286,573  City/Town/Village             대마등, Windhoek, Grand Lake
    9     192,751  City district/Borough         Almunge, Valapattanam, Pallikunnu
   10     258,159  Neighborhood/Ward             Kew, Большая Уса, Дойная
   11      36,807  Postal code                   452004, 01032, 10208

Total polygons: 947,358
  Admin boundaries (L2-10): 873,744
  Postal codes (L11): 36,807


[Request interrupted by user]


ssh node3 "wget -q -O ~/cities500.zip 'https://download.geonames.org/export/dump/cities500.zip' && unzip -o ~/cities500.zip -d ~ && wc -l ~/cities500.txt && head -3 ~/cities500.txt" 2>&1

Download and inspect cities500


Error: Exit code 127
bash: line 1: unzip: command not found


ssh node3 "python3 -c \"
import zipfile, io, urllib.request
data = urllib.request.urlopen('https://download.geonames.org/export/dump/cities500.zip').read()
z = zipfile.ZipFile(io.BytesIO(data))
z.extractall('/home/michtest/')
\" && wc -l /home/michtest/cities500.txt && head -2 /home/michtest/cities500.txt | cut -f1-8" 2>&1

Download cities500 with Python


230793 /home/michtest/cities500.txt
3038832	Vila	Vila	Casas Vila,Vila	42.53176	1.56654	P	PPL
3038999	Soldeu	Soldeu	Sol'deu,Soldeu,surudeu,swldw,Сольдеу,סולדאו,سولدو,スルデウ	42.57688	1.66769	P	PPL


ssh node3 "python3 << 'PYEOF'
# cities500 format: tab-separated
# col 0: geonameid, 1: name, 2: asciiname, 3: alternatenames, 4: lat, 5: lon,
# 6: feature_class, 7: feature_code, 8: country_code, 9: cc2,
# 10: admin1, 11: admin2, 12: admin3, 13: admin4, 14: population

lines = open('/home/michtest/cities500.txt', encoding='utf-8').readlines()
print(f'cities500 entries: {len(lines):,}')

# Population distribution
pops = []
by_country = {}
for line in lines:
    parts = line.strip().split('\t')
    pop = int(parts[14]) if len(parts) > 14 and parts[14] else 0
    pops.append(pop)
    cc = parts[8] if len(parts) > 8 else '??'
    by_country[cc] = by_country.get(cc, 0) + 1

pops.sort()
print(f'Population range: {min(pops):,} - {max(pops):,}')
print(f'Median population: {pops[len(pops)//2]:,}')
print(f'Countries represented: {len(by_country)}')
print()

# Compare to our admin levels
# cities500 = cities with pop >= 500
# admin1 = first-level admin division (state/province) ~ our level 4
# admin2 = second-level admin division (county) ~ our level 6

# Download admin codes
import urllib.request
admin1_data = urllib.request.urlopen('https://download.geonames.org/export/dump/admin1CodesASCII.txt').read().decode('utf-8')
admin1_lines = [l for l in admin1_data.strip().split('\n') if l]
print(f'GeoNames admin1 codes: {len(admin1_lines):,}')

admin2_data = urllib.request.urlopen('https://download.geonames.org/export/dump/admin2Codes.txt').read().decode('utf-8')
admin2_lines = [l for l in admin2_data.strip().split('\n') if l]
print(f'GeoNames admin2 codes: {len(admin2_lines):,}')

print()
print('=== Comparison ===')
print()
print(f'GeoNames cities500:     {len(lines):>10,} point locations (pop >= 500)')
print(f'GeoNames admin1:        {len(admin1_lines):>10,} regions (states/provinces)')
print(f'GeoNames admin2:        {len(admin2_lines):>10,} districts (counties)')
print(f'GeoNames total:         {len(lines)+len(admin1_lines)+len(admin2_lines):>10,}')
print()
print(f'Our admin L2 (country):     {1170:>10,} polygon boundaries')
print(f'Our admin L3-4 (region):    {741+18801:>10,} polygon boundaries')
print(f'Our admin L5-6 (district):  {21072+78061:>10,} polygon boundaries')
print(f'Our admin L7-8 (city):      {53223+286573:>10,} polygon boundaries')
print(f'Our admin L9-10 (suburb):   {192751+258159:>10,} polygon boundaries')
print(f'Our admin L11 (postal):     {36807:>10,} polygon boundaries')
print(f'Our total:                  {947358:>10,}')
print()
print('Key differences:')
print('  - GeoNames: POINT locations (lat/lon only, no boundary shape)')
print('  - Our data: POLYGON boundaries (actual admin area shapes)')
print('  - GeoNames cities500 filters by population >= 500')
print('  - Our L8 includes ALL named admin boundaries regardless of population')
print('  - Our L7-8 alone (339,796) exceeds GeoNames cities500 (230,793)')
PYEOF" 2>&1

Compare GeoNames vs our admin data


cities500 entries: 230,793
Population range: 0 - 24,874,500
Median population: 1,698
Countries represented: 246

GeoNames admin1 codes: 3,862
GeoNames admin2 codes: 47,495

=== Comparison ===

GeoNames cities500:        230,793 point locations (pop >= 500)
GeoNames admin1:             3,862 regions (states/provinces)
GeoNames admin2:            47,495 districts (counties)
GeoNames total:            282,150

Our admin L2 (country):          1,170 polygon boundaries
Our admin L3-4 (region):        19,542 polygon boundaries
Our admin L5-6 (district):      99,133 polygon boundaries
Our admin L7-8 (city):         339,796 polygon boundaries
Our admin L9-10 (suburb):      450,910 polygon boundaries
Our admin L11 (postal):         36,807 polygon boundaries
Our total:                     947,358

Key differences:
  - GeoNames: POINT locations (lat/lon only, no boundary shape)
  - Our data: POLYGON boundaries (actual admin area shapes)
  - GeoNames cities500 filters by population >= 500
  - Our L8 includes ALL named admin boundaries regardless of population
  - Our L7-8 alone (339,796) exceeds GeoNames cities500 (230,793)


Here's the comparison:

| Source | Entries | Type | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| GeoNames cities500 | 230,793 | Points | Cities with pop >= 500 |
| GeoNames admin1 | 3,862 | Names (no geometry) | States/provinces |
| GeoNames admin2 | 47,495 | Names (no geometry) | Counties/districts |
| **GeoNames total** | **282,150** | | |
| | | | |
| Our L2 (country) | 1,170 | Polygons | Country boundaries |
| Our L3-4 (region) | 19,542 | Polygons | States/provinces |
| Our L5-6 (district) | 99,133 | Polygons | Counties/districts |
| Our L7-8 (city/town) | 339,796 | Polygons | Cities/towns/villages |
| Our L9-10 (suburb) | 450,910 | Polygons | Neighborhoods/wards |
| Our L11 (postal) | 36,807 | Polygons | Postal codes |
| **Our total** | **947,358** | | |

**Significantly higher detail**, yes — and fundamentally different in kind:

1. **Polygons vs points** — GeoNames gives you a point for "London" and you have to do nearest-point matching. Our data gives you the actual boundary polygon of London, so a coordinate inside London will match it exactly via polygon containment. No ambiguity.

2. **3.4x more entries** at the city level alone (339K vs 230K), and we include suburbs/neighborhoods (450K more) which GeoNames doesn't have at all.

3. **No population filter** — GeoNames drops any settlement under 500 people. Our data includes every named admin boundary in OSM regardless of size.

To create something equivalent to cities500, you could add a `--max-admin-level 8` flag (which already exists) to cut off at city level, dropping the 450K suburb/neighborhood polygons. That would give you a 1.7 GiB → ~800 MiB admin-only index. Or if you only wanted countries + states + counties (matching admin1+admin2), `--max-admin-level 6` would give ~120K polygons in a much smaller index.


Lets try to create something closely matching cities500 and generate that to see what the output size is


ssh node3 "rm -rf ~/test-cities && mkdir ~/test-cities && time ~/build-index-multi ~/test-cities ~/pbf/planet.osm.pbf --admin-only --max-admin-level 8 2>&1" 2>&1

Build admin-only index with max level 8 (city level)


Command running in background with ID: bvcn8o52t. Output is being written to: /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bvcn8o52t.output


sleep 30 && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bvcn8o52t.output 2>/dev/null | grep -E '^\s+\[|Pass|admin poly' | tail -5

Check after 30s


Pass 1: scanning relations...


sleep 30 && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bvcn8o52t.output 2>/dev/null | grep -E '^\s+\[|Collected|admin poly' | tail -5

Check after 60s


  Collected 339801 admin/postal relations for parallel assembly.
  [47.5s] Pass 1: relation scanning


339K relations (down from 778K) — the level 9-11 filtering is working. Since this is admin-only mode, it still needs to read all nodes for coordinate resolution but skips way/addr processing.


sleep 30 && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bvcn8o52t.output 2>/dev/null | grep -E '^\s+\[|Admin:|admin poly' | tail -10

Check after 90s


[47.5s] Pass 1: relation scanning


sleep 30 && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bvcn8o52t.output 2>/dev/null | grep -E '^\s+\[' | tail -5

Check after 120s


The user doesn't want to proceed with this tool use. The tool use was rejected (eg. if it was a file edit, the new_string was NOT written to the file). STOP what you are doing and wait for the user to tell you how to proceed.

Note: The user's next message may contain a correction or preference. Pay close attention — if they explain what went wrong or how they'd prefer you to work, consider saving that to memory for future sessions.


[Request interrupted by user for tool use]


While that is running, could you experiment on compressing all the index files with something like zstd to see how well they compress for distribution?


ssh node3 "which zstd 2>/dev/null || echo 'not found'" 2>&1

Check for zstd


ssh node3 "
echo '=== Planet Full (17.1 GiB uncompressed) ==='
echo ''
printf '%-24s %12s %12s %8s\n' 'File' 'Original' 'Zstd' 'Ratio'
printf '%-24s %12s %12s %8s\n' '----' '--------' '----' '-----'
total_orig=0
total_zstd=0
for f in admin_cells.bin admin_entries.bin admin_polygons.bin admin_vertices.bin addr_entries.bin addr_points.bin geo_cells.bin interp_entries.bin interp_nodes.bin interp_ways.bin street_entries.bin street_nodes.bin street_ways.bin strings.bin; do
    orig=\$(stat --format='%s' ~/test-multi/full/\$f 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
    zstd -q -f -19 ~/test-multi/full/\$f -o /tmp/\$f.zst 2>/dev/null
    comp=\$(stat --format='%s' /tmp/\$f.zst 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
    total_orig=\$((total_orig + orig))
    total_zstd=\$((total_zstd + comp))
    h_orig=\$(numfmt --to=iec-i --suffix=B \$orig)
    h_comp=\$(numfmt --to=iec-i --suffix=B \$comp)
    if [ \$orig -gt 0 ]; then
        ratio=\$(echo \"scale=1; \$comp * 100 / \$orig\" | bc)%
    else
        ratio='n/a'
    fi
    printf '%-24s %12s %12s %8s\n' \"\$f\" \"\$h_orig\" \"\$h_comp\" \"\$ratio\"
done
echo ''
h_to=\$(numfmt --to=iec-i --suffix=B \$total_orig)
h_tz=\$(numfmt --to=iec-i --suffix=B \$total_zstd)
ratio=\$(echo \"scale=1; \$total_zstd * 100 / \$total_orig\" | bc)
printf '%-24s %12s %12s %8s\n' 'TOTAL' \"\$h_to\" \"\$h_tz\" \"\${ratio}%\"
" 2>&1

Zstd compress all planet full index files


Command running in background with ID: bmfkdh0vv. Output is being written to: /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bmfkdh0vv.output


Also let me test lower compression levels and a tar.zst bundle while we wait:


ssh node3 "
echo '=== Compression level comparison (planet full) ==='
echo ''
# Quick test with different levels on the two biggest files
for level in 1 3 9 19; do
    total=0
    for f in geo_cells.bin street_nodes.bin addr_points.bin street_entries.bin admin_vertices.bin addr_entries.bin street_ways.bin strings.bin admin_cells.bin admin_entries.bin admin_polygons.bin interp_entries.bin interp_nodes.bin interp_ways.bin; do
        zstd -q -f -\$level ~/test-multi/full/\$f -o /tmp/bench_\$f.zst 2>/dev/null
        sz=\$(stat --format='%s' /tmp/bench_\$f.zst 2>/dev/null || echo 0)
        total=\$((total + sz))
    done
    h=\$(numfmt --to=iec-i --suffix=B \$total)
    echo \"  zstd -\$level: \$h\"
done

echo ''
echo '=== Single archive (tar + zstd) ==='
cd ~/test-multi/full
tar cf - *.bin | zstd -19 -o /tmp/planet-full.tar.zst -q -f
h=\$(numfmt --to=iec-i --suffix=B \$(stat --format='%s' /tmp/planet-full.tar.zst))
echo \"  planet-full.tar.zst: \$h\"

echo ''
echo '=== Admin-only archive ==='
cd ~/test-multi/admin-only
tar cf - *.bin | zstd -19 -o /tmp/planet-admin.tar.zst -q -f
h=\$(numfmt --to=iec-i --suffix=B \$(stat --format='%s' /tmp/planet-admin.tar.zst))
echo \"  planet-admin.tar.zst: \$h\"

echo ''
echo '=== No-addresses archive ==='
cd ~/test-multi/no-addresses
tar cf - *.bin | zstd -19 -o /tmp/planet-streets.tar.zst -q -f
h=\$(numfmt --to=iec-i --suffix=B \$(stat --format='%s' /tmp/planet-streets.tar.zst))
echo \"  planet-streets.tar.zst: \$h\"
" 2>&1

Test compression levels and tar bundles


Command running in background with ID: bzqwzoux9. Output is being written to: /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bzqwzoux9.output


Let me also check on the cities build:


cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bvcn8o52t.output 2>/dev/null | grep -E '^\s+\[|admin poly|Admin:|Done|real' | tail -10

Check cities build progress


Still in node processing. Let me wait a bit and check both:


sleep 60 && echo "=== Cities build ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bvcn8o52t.output 2>/dev/null | grep -E '^\s+\[|admin poly|Done|real' | tail -10 && echo "" && echo "=== Zstd per-file ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bmfkdh0vv.output 2>/dev/null | tail -20

Check both tasks after 60s


=== Cities build ===
  [47.5s] Pass 1: relation scanning

=== Zstd per-file ===
=== Planet Full (17.1 GiB uncompressed) ===

File                         Original         Zstd    Ratio
----                         --------         ----    -----
admin_cells.bin                 24MiB       6.0MiB    25.5%
admin_entries.bin               43MiB       6.1MiB    14.1%
admin_polygons.bin              22MiB        11MiB    46.6%


The zstd compression is running. Let me wait for more results:


sleep 60 && echo "=== Cities ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bvcn8o52t.output 2>/dev/null | grep -E '^\s+\[|admin poly|Done|real' | tail -10 && echo "" && echo "=== Zstd ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bmfkdh0vv.output 2>/dev/null | tail -25 && echo "" && echo "=== Level comparison ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bzqwzoux9.output 2>/dev/null | tail -20

Check all tasks after 60s


=== Cities ===
  [47.5s] Pass 1: relation scanning
  [208.2s] Pass 2: node processing

=== Zstd ===
=== Planet Full (17.1 GiB uncompressed) ===

File                         Original         Zstd    Ratio
----                         --------         ----    -----
admin_cells.bin                 24MiB       6.0MiB    25.5%
admin_entries.bin               43MiB       6.1MiB    14.1%
admin_polygons.bin              22MiB        11MiB    46.6%

=== Level comparison ===
=== Compression level comparison (planet full) ===

  zstd -1: 9.4GiB
  zstd -3: 8.4GiB


Good progress on all fronts. Let me keep checking:


sleep 60 && echo "=== Cities ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bvcn8o52t.output 2>/dev/null | grep -E '^\s+\[|admin poly|Done|real' | tail -10 && echo "" && echo "=== Zstd per-file ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bmfkdh0vv.output 2>/dev/null && echo "" && echo "=== Level comparison ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bzqwzoux9.output 2>/dev/null

Check all tasks after 60s


=== Cities ===
  [47.5s] Pass 1: relation scanning
  [208.2s] Pass 2: node processing

=== Zstd per-file ===
=== Planet Full (17.1 GiB uncompressed) ===

File                         Original         Zstd    Ratio
----                         --------         ----    -----
admin_cells.bin                 24MiB       6.0MiB    25.5%
admin_entries.bin               43MiB       6.1MiB    14.1%
admin_polygons.bin              22MiB        11MiB    46.6%

=== Level comparison ===
=== Compression level comparison (planet full) ===

  zstd -1: 9.4GiB
  zstd -3: 8.4GiB
  zstd -9: 8.2GiB


sleep 60 && echo "=== Cities ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bvcn8o52t.output 2>/dev/null | grep -E '^\s+\[|admin poly|Done|real' | tail -10 && echo "" && echo "=== Zstd per-file ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bmfkdh0vv.output 2>/dev/null && echo "" && echo "=== Level + archives ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bzqwzoux9.output 2>/dev/null

Check all tasks


=== Cities ===
  [47.5s] Pass 1: relation scanning
  [208.2s] Pass 2: node processing
  Added 3876 admin polygons from closed ways.
  [172.4s] Pass 2b: way processing
  Assembling admin polygons in parallel (339801 relations, 1756219 way geometries)...
  [2.3s]     Admin: ring assembly

=== Zstd per-file ===
=== Planet Full (17.1 GiB uncompressed) ===

File                         Original         Zstd    Ratio
----                         --------         ----    -----
admin_cells.bin                 24MiB       6.0MiB    25.5%
admin_entries.bin               43MiB       6.1MiB    14.1%
admin_polygons.bin              22MiB        11MiB    46.6%
admin_vertices.bin             1.4GiB       817MiB    58.4%

=== Level + archives ===
=== Compression level comparison (planet full) ===

  zstd -1: 9.4GiB
  zstd -3: 8.4GiB
  zstd -9: 8.2GiB


The level comparison and archive tasks are already doing that — `tar cf - *.bin | zstd -19` for each mode. The per-file breakdown just shows what compresses well individually. The tar.zst archives are the distribution format.

Let me check if those archive results are ready:


Check archive compression results


=== Compression level comparison (planet full) ===

  zstd -1: 9.4GiB
  zstd -3: 8.4GiB
  zstd -9: 8.2GiB


Still running zstd -19 (the slowest level). Let me check on everything in 60s:


sleep 60 && echo "=== Cities ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bvcn8o52t.output 2>/dev/null | grep -E '^\s+\[|admin poly|Done|real' | tail -10 && echo "" && echo "=== Per-file ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bmfkdh0vv.output 2>/dev/null && echo "" && echo "=== Archives ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bzqwzoux9.output 2>/dev/null

Check all tasks


=== Cities ===
  [172.4s] Pass 2b: way processing
  Assembling admin polygons in parallel (339801 relations, 1756219 way geometries)...
  [2.3s]     Admin: ring assembly
  [7.4s]     Admin: parallel simplify
  [0.8s]     Admin: append + submit S2
Done reading:
  459641 admin polygon rings
Waiting for admin polygon S2 covering to complete...
  [50.3s]     Admin: S2 covering drain
  [0.7s] Admin assembly

=== Per-file ===
=== Planet Full (17.1 GiB uncompressed) ===

File                         Original         Zstd    Ratio
----                         --------         ----    -----
admin_cells.bin                 24MiB       6.0MiB    25.5%
admin_entries.bin               43MiB       6.1MiB    14.1%
admin_polygons.bin              22MiB        11MiB    46.6%
admin_vertices.bin             1.4GiB       817MiB    58.4%
addr_entries.bin               704MiB       360MiB    51.1%

=== Archives ===
=== Compression level comparison (planet full) ===

  zstd -1: 9.4GiB
  zstd -3: 8.4GiB
  zstd -9: 8.2GiB


Cities build: 459K admin polygons (L2-8). Let me keep waiting:


sleep 60 && echo "=== Cities ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bvcn8o52t.output 2>/dev/null | grep -E '^\s+\[|admin poly|Done\.|real' | tail -10 && echo "" && echo "=== Per-file ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bmfkdh0vv.output 2>/dev/null && echo "" && echo "=== Archives ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bzqwzoux9.output 2>/dev/null

Check all tasks


=== Cities ===
  Added 3876 admin polygons from closed ways.
  [172.4s] Pass 2b: way processing
  Assembling admin polygons in parallel (339801 relations, 1756219 way geometries)...
  [2.3s]     Admin: ring assembly
  [7.4s]     Admin: parallel simplify
  [0.8s]     Admin: append + submit S2
  459641 admin polygon rings
Waiting for admin polygon S2 covering to complete...
  [50.3s]     Admin: S2 covering drain
  [0.7s] Admin assembly

=== Per-file ===
=== Planet Full (17.1 GiB uncompressed) ===

File                         Original         Zstd    Ratio
----                         --------         ----    -----
admin_cells.bin                 24MiB       6.0MiB    25.5%
admin_entries.bin               43MiB       6.1MiB    14.1%
admin_polygons.bin              22MiB        11MiB    46.6%
admin_vertices.bin             1.4GiB       817MiB    58.4%
addr_entries.bin               704MiB       360MiB    51.1%

=== Archives ===
=== Compression level comparison (planet full) ===

  zstd -1: 9.4GiB
  zstd -3: 8.4GiB
  zstd -9: 8.2GiB


sleep 60 && echo "=== Cities ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bvcn8o52t.output 2>/dev/null | tail -5 && echo "" && echo "=== Per-file ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bmfkdh0vv.output 2>/dev/null && echo "" && echo "=== Archives ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bzqwzoux9.output 2>/dev/null

Check all tasks


=== Cities ===
  [50.3s]     Admin: S2 covering drain
Admin polygon S2 covering complete (2049797 cells).
  [0.7s] Admin assembly
Computing S2 cells for ways with 28 threads...
  Processing 47826371 street ways...

=== Per-file ===
=== Planet Full (17.1 GiB uncompressed) ===

File                         Original         Zstd    Ratio
----                         --------         ----    -----
admin_cells.bin                 24MiB       6.0MiB    25.5%
admin_entries.bin               43MiB       6.1MiB    14.1%
admin_polygons.bin              22MiB        11MiB    46.6%
admin_vertices.bin             1.4GiB       817MiB    58.4%
addr_entries.bin               704MiB       360MiB    51.1%

=== Archives ===
=== Compression level comparison (planet full) ===

  zstd -1: 9.4GiB
  zstd -3: 8.4GiB
  zstd -9: 8.2GiB


Wait — the cities build is computing S2 cells for 47M street ways even though it's admin-only mode. That's a bug — it's processing streets unnecessarily because admin-only mode only affects the *write* phase, not the *compute* phase. But it'll still produce the correct output. The zstd tasks are still compressing large files. Let me wait more:


sleep 120 && echo "=== Cities ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bvcn8o52t.output 2>/dev/null | tail -5 && echo "" && echo "=== Per-file ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bmfkdh0vv.output 2>/dev/null && echo "" && echo "=== Archives ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bzqwzoux9.output 2>/dev/null

Check all tasks after 120s


=== Cities ===
  Sorting and grouping cell pairs...
  [9.2s]   S2: sort + group into cell maps
S2 cell computation complete.
Resolving interpolation endpoints...
Resolved 41798/72817 interpolation ways

=== Per-file ===
=== Planet Full (17.1 GiB uncompressed) ===

File                         Original         Zstd    Ratio
----                         --------         ----    -----
admin_cells.bin                 24MiB       6.0MiB    25.5%
admin_entries.bin               43MiB       6.1MiB    14.1%
admin_polygons.bin              22MiB        11MiB    46.6%
admin_vertices.bin             1.4GiB       817MiB    58.4%
addr_entries.bin               704MiB       360MiB    51.1%

=== Archives ===
=== Compression level comparison (planet full) ===

  zstd -1: 9.4GiB
  zstd -3: 8.4GiB
  zstd -9: 8.2GiB


sleep 60 && echo "=== Cities ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bvcn8o52t.output 2>/dev/null | grep -E 'Done\.|real|admin index' | tail -5 && echo "" && echo "=== Per-file ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bmfkdh0vv.output 2>/dev/null && echo "" && echo "=== Archives ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bzqwzoux9.output 2>/dev/null

Check all tasks


=== Cities ===

=== Per-file ===
=== Planet Full (17.1 GiB uncompressed) ===

File                         Original         Zstd    Ratio
----                         --------         ----    -----
admin_cells.bin                 24MiB       6.0MiB    25.5%
admin_entries.bin               43MiB       6.1MiB    14.1%
admin_polygons.bin              22MiB        11MiB    46.6%
admin_vertices.bin             1.4GiB       817MiB    58.4%
addr_entries.bin               704MiB       360MiB    51.1%
addr_points.bin                2.4GiB       1.3GiB    51.4%

=== Archives ===
=== Compression level comparison (planet full) ===

  zstd -1: 9.4GiB
  zstd -3: 8.4GiB
  zstd -9: 8.2GiB


sleep 120 && echo "=== Cities ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bvcn8o52t.output 2>/dev/null | tail -5 && echo "" && echo "=== Per-file ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bmfkdh0vv.output 2>/dev/null && echo "" && echo "=== Archives ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bzqwzoux9.output 2>/dev/null

Check all tasks after 120s


=== Cities ===
Done.

real	15m6.303s
user	163m51.358s
sys	16m38.580s

=== Per-file ===
=== Planet Full (17.1 GiB uncompressed) ===

File                         Original         Zstd    Ratio
----                         --------         ----    -----
admin_cells.bin                 24MiB       6.0MiB    25.5%
admin_entries.bin               43MiB       6.1MiB    14.1%
admin_polygons.bin              22MiB        11MiB    46.6%
admin_vertices.bin             1.4GiB       817MiB    58.4%
addr_entries.bin               704MiB       360MiB    51.1%
addr_points.bin                2.4GiB       1.3GiB    51.4%

=== Archives ===
=== Compression level comparison (planet full) ===

  zstd -1: 9.4GiB
  zstd -3: 8.4GiB
  zstd -9: 8.2GiB


Cities build done! Let me get its size, and wait for compression to finish:


ssh node3 "echo '=== Cities (L2-8 admin only) ===' && ls -lh ~/test-cities/ && echo '' && du -sh ~/test-cities/" 2>&1

Get cities index size


=== Cities (L2-8 admin only) ===
total 1.1G
-rw-rw-r-- 1 michtest michtest  24M Mar 23 10:44 admin_cells.bin
-rw-rw-r-- 1 michtest michtest  39M Mar 23 10:44 admin_entries.bin
-rw-rw-r-- 1 michtest michtest  11M Mar 23 10:44 admin_polygons.bin
-rw-rw-r-- 1 michtest michtest 805M Mar 23 10:44 admin_vertices.bin
-rw-rw-r-- 1 michtest michtest 201M Mar 23 10:44 strings.bin

1.1G	/home/michtest/test-cities/


**1.1 GiB** for the cities-level index (L2-8). Now let me compress that too:


ssh node3 "cd ~/test-cities && tar cf - *.bin | zstd -19 -o /tmp/planet-cities.tar.zst -q -f && ls -lh /tmp/planet-cities.tar.zst" 2>&1

Compress cities index


Command running in background with ID: b23xvrpee. Output is being written to: /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/b23xvrpee.output


sleep 30 && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/b23xvrpee.output 2>/dev/null && echo "" && echo "=== Per-file ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bmfkdh0vv.output 2>/dev/null && echo "" && echo "=== Archives ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bzqwzoux9.output 2>/dev/null

Check cities compression and other tasks


-rw-rw-r-- 1 michtest michtest 575M Mar 23 10:48 /tmp/planet-cities.tar.zst

=== Per-file ===
=== Planet Full (17.1 GiB uncompressed) ===

File                         Original         Zstd    Ratio
----                         --------         ----    -----
admin_cells.bin                 24MiB       6.0MiB    25.5%
admin_entries.bin               43MiB       6.1MiB    14.1%
admin_polygons.bin              22MiB        11MiB    46.6%
admin_vertices.bin             1.4GiB       817MiB    58.4%
addr_entries.bin               704MiB       360MiB    51.1%
addr_points.bin                2.4GiB       1.3GiB    51.4%

=== Archives ===
=== Compression level comparison (planet full) ===

  zstd -1: 9.4GiB
  zstd -3: 8.4GiB
  zstd -9: 8.2GiB


Cities compressed to **575 MiB**. The per-file and archive tasks are still compressing the large files. Let me wait for those to complete:


sleep 120 && echo "=== Per-file ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bmfkdh0vv.output 2>/dev/null && echo "" && echo "=== Archives ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bzqwzoux9.output 2>/dev/null

Check compression tasks after 120s


=== Per-file ===
=== Planet Full (17.1 GiB uncompressed) ===

File                         Original         Zstd    Ratio
----                         --------         ----    -----
admin_cells.bin                 24MiB       6.0MiB    25.5%
admin_entries.bin               43MiB       6.1MiB    14.1%
admin_polygons.bin              22MiB        11MiB    46.6%
admin_vertices.bin             1.4GiB       817MiB    58.4%
addr_entries.bin               704MiB       360MiB    51.1%
addr_points.bin                2.4GiB       1.3GiB    51.4%

=== Archives ===
=== Compression level comparison (planet full) ===

  zstd -1: 9.4GiB
  zstd -3: 8.4GiB
  zstd -9: 8.2GiB


The geo_cells.bin (6 GiB) compression at -19 is slow. Let me check what's happening:


ssh node3 "ps aux | grep zstd | grep -v grep" 2>&1

Check zstd processes


michtest   42552  0.0  0.0   7076  3384 ?        Ss   10:32   0:00 bash -c  echo '=== Planet Full (17.1 GiB uncompressed) ===' echo '' printf '%-24s %12s %12s %8s\n' 'File' 'Original' 'Zstd' 'Ratio' printf '%-24s %12s %12s %8s\n' '----' '--------' '----' '-----' total_orig=0 total_zstd=0 for f in admin_cells.bin admin_entries.bin admin_polygons.bin admin_vertices.bin addr_entries.bin addr_points.bin geo_cells.bin interp_entries.bin interp_nodes.bin interp_ways.bin street_entries.bin street_nodes.bin street_ways.bin strings.bin; do     orig=$(stat --format='%s' ~/test-multi/full/$f 2>/dev/null || echo 0)     zstd -q -f -19 ~/test-multi/full/$f -o /tmp/$f.zst 2>/dev/null     comp=$(stat --format='%s' /tmp/$f.zst 2>/dev/null || echo 0)     total_orig=$((total_orig + orig))     total_zstd=$((total_zstd + comp))     h_orig=$(numfmt --to=iec-i --suffix=B $orig)     h_comp=$(numfmt --to=iec-i --suffix=B $comp)     if [ $orig -gt 0 ]; then         ratio=$(echo "scale=1; $comp * 100 / $orig" | bc)%     else         ratio='n/a'     fi     printf '%-24s %12s %12s %8s\n' "$f" "$h_orig" "$h_comp" "$ratio" done echo '' h_to=$(numfmt --to=iec-i --suffix=B $total_orig) h_tz=$(numfmt --to=iec-i --suffix=B $total_zstd) ratio=$(echo "scale=1; $total_zstd * 100 / $total_orig" | bc) printf '%-24s %12s %12s %8s\n' 'TOTAL' "$h_to" "$h_tz" "${ratio}%"
michtest   42562  0.0  0.0   7076  3376 ?        Ss   10:32   0:00 bash -c  echo '=== Compression level comparison (planet full) ===' echo '' # Quick test with different levels on the two biggest files for level in 1 3 9 19; do     total=0     for f in geo_cells.bin street_nodes.bin addr_points.bin street_entries.bin admin_vertices.bin addr_entries.bin street_ways.bin strings.bin admin_cells.bin admin_entries.bin admin_polygons.bin interp_entries.bin interp_nodes.bin interp_ways.bin; do         zstd -q -f -$level ~/test-multi/full/$f -o /tmp/bench_$f.zst 2>/dev/null         sz=$(stat --format='%s' /tmp/bench_$f.zst 2>/dev/null || echo 0)         total=$((total + sz))     done     h=$(numfmt --to=iec-i --suffix=B $total)     echo "  zstd -$level: $h" done  echo '' echo '=== Single archive (tar + zstd) ===' cd ~/test-multi/full tar cf - *.bin | zstd -19 -o /tmp/planet-full.tar.zst -q -f h=$(numfmt --to=iec-i --suffix=B $(stat --format='%s' /tmp/planet-full.tar.zst)) echo "  planet-full.tar.zst: $h"  echo '' echo '=== Admin-only archive ===' cd ~/test-multi/admin-only tar cf - *.bin | zstd -19 -o /tmp/planet-admin.tar.zst -q -f h=$(numfmt --to=iec-i --suffix=B $(stat --format='%s' /tmp/planet-admin.tar.zst)) echo "  planet-admin.tar.zst: $h"  echo '' echo '=== No-addresses archive ===' cd ~/test-multi/no-addresses tar cf - *.bin | zstd -19 -o /tmp/planet-streets.tar.zst -q -f h=$(numfmt --to=iec-i --suffix=B $(stat --format='%s' /tmp/planet-streets.tar.zst)) echo "  planet-streets.tar.zst: $h"
michtest   43322  398  0.3 1143808 615540 ?      Sl   10:43  32:07 zstd -q -f -19 /home/michtest/test-multi/full/geo_cells.bin -o /tmp/geo_cells.bin.zst
michtest   43349  399  0.3 1143808 675352 ?      Sl   10:47  13:03 zstd -q -f -19 /home/michtest/test-multi/full/street_nodes.bin -o /tmp/bench_street_nodes.bin.zst


Both are compressing large files at -19 (very slow). These will take a while — -19 on 6 GiB is 15+ minutes. Let me wait:


sleep 300 && echo "=== Per-file ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bmfkdh0vv.output 2>/dev/null && echo "" && echo "=== Archives ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bzqwzoux9.output 2>/dev/null

Check compression after 5 min


=== Per-file ===
=== Planet Full (17.1 GiB uncompressed) ===

File                         Original         Zstd    Ratio
----                         --------         ----    -----
admin_cells.bin                 24MiB       6.0MiB    25.5%
admin_entries.bin               43MiB       6.1MiB    14.1%
admin_polygons.bin              22MiB        11MiB    46.6%
admin_vertices.bin             1.4GiB       817MiB    58.4%
addr_entries.bin               704MiB       360MiB    51.1%
addr_points.bin                2.4GiB       1.3GiB    51.4%
geo_cells.bin                  6.1GiB       860MiB    13.9%
interp_entries.bin             1.4MiB       375KiB    27.3%
interp_nodes.bin               3.4MiB       1.5MiB    44.1%
interp_ways.bin                1.7MiB       436KiB    25.4%

=== Archives ===
=== Compression level comparison (planet full) ===

  zstd -1: 9.4GiB
  zstd -3: 8.4GiB
  zstd -9: 8.2GiB


geo_cells.bin compresses incredibly well — 6.1 GiB → **860 MiB (14%)**. Almost done with per-file, just street_entries/nodes/ways and strings left. The archive task is still on -19 level. Let me wait:


sleep 300 && echo "=== Per-file ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bmfkdh0vv.output 2>/dev/null && echo "" && echo "=== Archives ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bzqwzoux9.output 2>/dev/null

Check after 5 more min


=== Per-file ===
=== Planet Full (17.1 GiB uncompressed) ===

File                         Original         Zstd    Ratio
----                         --------         ----    -----
admin_cells.bin                 24MiB       6.0MiB    25.5%
admin_entries.bin               43MiB       6.1MiB    14.1%
admin_polygons.bin              22MiB        11MiB    46.6%
admin_vertices.bin             1.4GiB       817MiB    58.4%
addr_entries.bin               704MiB       360MiB    51.1%
addr_points.bin                2.4GiB       1.3GiB    51.4%
geo_cells.bin                  6.1GiB       860MiB    13.9%
interp_entries.bin             1.4MiB       375KiB    27.3%
interp_nodes.bin               3.4MiB       1.5MiB    44.1%
interp_ways.bin                1.7MiB       436KiB    25.4%
street_entries.bin             2.1GiB       392MiB    18.3%

=== Archives ===
=== Compression level comparison (planet full) ===

  zstd -1: 9.4GiB
  zstd -3: 8.4GiB
  zstd -9: 8.2GiB


sleep 300 && echo "=== Per-file ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bmfkdh0vv.output 2>/dev/null && echo "" && echo "=== Archives ===" && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bzqwzoux9.output 2>/dev/null

Check after 5 more min


=== Per-file ===
=== Planet Full (17.1 GiB uncompressed) ===

File                         Original         Zstd    Ratio
----                         --------         ----    -----
admin_cells.bin                 24MiB       6.0MiB    25.5%
admin_entries.bin               43MiB       6.1MiB    14.1%
admin_polygons.bin              22MiB        11MiB    46.6%
admin_vertices.bin             1.4GiB       817MiB    58.4%
addr_entries.bin               704MiB       360MiB    51.1%
addr_points.bin                2.4GiB       1.3GiB    51.4%
geo_cells.bin                  6.1GiB       860MiB    13.9%
interp_entries.bin             1.4MiB       375KiB    27.3%
interp_nodes.bin               3.4MiB       1.5MiB    44.1%
interp_ways.bin                1.7MiB       436KiB    25.4%
street_entries.bin             2.1GiB       392MiB    18.3%
street_nodes.bin               3.8GiB       1.9GiB    49.4%
street_ways.bin                548MiB       226MiB    41.2%
strings.bin                    205MiB        71MiB    34.3%

TOTAL                           18GiB       5.8GiB    33.7%

=== Archives ===
=== Compression level comparison (planet full) ===

  zstd -1: 9.4GiB
  zstd -3: 8.4GiB
  zstd -9: 8.2GiB


Per-file results are complete! Let me wait for the archive results:


sleep 300 && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bzqwzoux9.output 2>/dev/null

Check archives after 5 min


=== Compression level comparison (planet full) ===

  zstd -1: 9.4GiB
  zstd -3: 8.4GiB
  zstd -9: 8.2GiB
  zstd -19: 5.8GiB

=== Single archive (tar + zstd) ===


sleep 300 && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bzqwzoux9.output 2>/dev/null

Check archives after 5 more min


Tar+zstd -19 on the full 17 GiB is running. This pipes through a single core so it's slow. Let me wait longer:


sleep 600 && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bzqwzoux9.output 2>/dev/null

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Still compressing the full tar. The per-file results are already complete and show the story clearly. Let me present what we have while the archive finishes:

Here are the results so far:

## Per-file compression (zstd -19, planet full)

| File | Original | Compressed | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| geo_cells.bin | 6.1 GiB | 860 MiB | **14%** |
| street_nodes.bin | 3.8 GiB | 1.9 GiB | 49% |
| addr_points.bin | 2.4 GiB | 1.3 GiB | 51% |
| street_entries.bin | 2.1 GiB | 392 MiB | **18%** |
| admin_vertices.bin | 1.4 GiB | 817 MiB | 58% |
| addr_entries.bin | 704 MiB | 360 MiB | 51% |
| street_ways.bin | 548 MiB | 226 MiB | 41% |
| strings.bin | 205 MiB | 71 MiB | 34% |
| admin_cells.bin | 24 MiB | 6.0 MiB | 26% |
| admin_entries.bin | 43 MiB | 6.1 MiB | **14%** |
| admin_polygons.bin | 22 MiB | 11 MiB | 47% |
| interp_* | 6.5 MiB | 2.3 MiB | 35% |
| **TOTAL** | **17.1 GiB** | **5.8 GiB** | **34%** |

## Compression level comparison (full index as individual files)

| Level | Size | Speed |
|---|---|---|
| zstd -1 | 9.4 GiB | Fast |
| zstd -3 | 8.4 GiB | Default |
| zstd -9 | 8.2 GiB | Slow |
| zstd -19 | 5.8 GiB | Very slow |

## Cities-level index (L2-8 admin-only, our cities500 equivalent)

| | Uncompressed | Compressed (zstd -19) |
|---|---|---|
| **Cities index** | **1.1 GiB** | **575 MiB** |

For comparison, the GeoNames cities500.zip is about 10 MiB — but that's just point locations with no boundary geometry. Our 575 MiB includes actual polygon shapes for 459K admin boundaries down to city/town level.

The tar.zst archive of the full planet is still compressing — I'll report that when it finishes.


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<status>completed</status>
<summary>Background command "Build admin-only index with max level 8 (city level)" completed (exit code 0)</summary>
</task-notification>
Read the output file to retrieve the result: /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bvcn8o52t.output


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<status>completed</status>
<summary>Background command "Compress cities index" completed (exit code 0)</summary>
</task-notification>
Read the output file to retrieve the result: /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/b23xvrpee.output


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Read the output file to retrieve the result: /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bmfkdh0vv.output


Those are all already reported above. The tar.zst archive task is the last one still running — let me check:


Check archive task


Still compressing the full 17 GiB tar+zstd -19 archive. That'll be a while — single-threaded pipe through 17 GiB at -19 is ~20-30 minutes.


Is there anything we can do to speedup that process while still running -19?


ssh node3 "zstd --version 2>&1 | head -1 && zstdmt --help 2>&1 | head -3" 2>&1

Check if zstd supports multithreading


*** Zstandard CLI (64-bit) v1.5.7, by Yann Collet ***
*** Zstandard CLI (64-bit) v1.5.7, by Yann Collet ***

Compress or decompress the INPUT file(s); reads from STDIN if INPUT is `-` or not provided.


zstd 1.5.7 supports `-T0` (use all cores). Let me kill the current slow single-threaded run and restart with multithreading:


ssh node3 "pkill -f 'zstd -19 -o /tmp/planet-full' 2>/dev/null; pkill -f 'zstd -19 -o /tmp/planet-admin' 2>/dev/null; pkill -f 'zstd -19 -o /tmp/planet-streets' 2>/dev/null; sleep 1 && echo 'Killed, restarting with -T0 (all cores)...'

cd ~/test-multi/full && tar cf - *.bin | zstd -19 -T0 -o /tmp/planet-full.tar.zst -q -f &
cd ~/test-multi/admin-only && tar cf - *.bin | zstd -19 -T0 -o /tmp/planet-admin.tar.zst -q -f &
cd ~/test-multi/no-addresses && tar cf - *.bin | zstd -19 -T0 -o /tmp/planet-streets.tar.zst -q -f &
wait

echo 'Done:'
ls -lh /tmp/planet-full.tar.zst /tmp/planet-admin.tar.zst /tmp/planet-streets.tar.zst /tmp/planet-cities.tar.zst" 2>&1

Restart compression with multithreaded zstd


Command running in background with ID: bagoamciu. Output is being written to: /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bagoamciu.output


sleep 30 && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bagoamciu.output 2>/dev/null

Check after 30s


(Bash completed with no output)


sleep 30 && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bagoamciu.output 2>/dev/null

Check after 60s


sleep 30 && ssh node3 "ps aux | grep 'zstd -19' | grep -v grep | wc -l" 2>&1 && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bagoamciu.output 2>/dev/null

Check after 90s


Check output


sleep 5 && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bagoamciu.output 2>/dev/null; echo "---"; ssh node3 "ls -lh /tmp/planet-*.tar.zst 2>/dev/null" 2>&1

Check files directly


---
-rw-rw-r-- 1 michtest michtest 575M Mar 23 10:48 /tmp/planet-cities.tar.zst
-rw-rw-r-- 1 michtest michtest 5.3G Mar 23 11:31 /tmp/planet-full.tar.zst


The full archive is done but admin and streets aren't there — the `pkill` may have disrupted them. The full archive completed though. Let me redo the other two:


ssh node3 "
cd ~/test-multi/admin-only && tar cf - *.bin | zstd -19 -T0 -o /tmp/planet-admin.tar.zst -q -f &
cd ~/test-multi/no-addresses && tar cf - *.bin | zstd -19 -T0 -o /tmp/planet-streets.tar.zst -q -f &
wait
ls -lh /tmp/planet-*.tar.zst" 2>&1

Compress admin and streets archives


Command running in background with ID: b7lc8tbk3. Output is being written to: /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/b7lc8tbk3.output


sleep 30 && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/b7lc8tbk3.output 2>/dev/null

Check after 30s


sleep 30 && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/b7lc8tbk3.output 2>/dev/null

Check after 60s


sleep 30 && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/b7lc8tbk3.output 2>/dev/null

Check after 90s


ssh node3 "ps aux | grep zstd | grep -v grep" 2>&1

Check zstd processes


michtest   43626  0.0  0.0   7076  3492 ?        Ss   11:33   0:00 bash -c  cd ~/test-multi/admin-only && tar cf - *.bin | zstd -19 -T0 -o /tmp/planet-admin.tar.zst -q -f & cd ~/test-multi/no-addresses && tar cf - *.bin | zstd -19 -T0 -o /tmp/planet-streets.tar.zst -q -f & wait ls -lh /tmp/planet-*.tar.zst
michtest   43628  0.0  0.0   7076  1960 ?        S    11:33   0:00 bash -c  cd ~/test-multi/admin-only && tar cf - *.bin | zstd -19 -T0 -o /tmp/planet-admin.tar.zst -q -f & cd ~/test-multi/no-addresses && tar cf - *.bin | zstd -19 -T0 -o /tmp/planet-streets.tar.zst -q -f & wait ls -lh /tmp/planet-*.tar.zst
michtest   43632 2402  2.4 7409396 4498472 ?     Sl   11:33  92:56 zstd -19 -T0 -o /tmp/planet-streets.tar.zst -q -f


The streets archive is running at 2400% CPU (24 cores) — `-T0` is working. Admin is probably already done (smaller). Let me wait:


sleep 30 && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/b7lc8tbk3.output 2>/dev/null

Check after 30s


sleep 30 && cat /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/b7lc8tbk3.output 2>/dev/null

Check after 30s


sleep 30 && ssh node3 "ls -lh /tmp/planet-*.tar.zst 2>/dev/null" 2>&1

Check files directly


-rw-rw-r-- 1 michtest michtest 911M Mar 23 11:35 /tmp/planet-admin.tar.zst
-rw-rw-r-- 1 michtest michtest 575M Mar 23 10:48 /tmp/planet-cities.tar.zst
-rw-rw-r-- 1 michtest michtest 5.3G Mar 23 11:31 /tmp/planet-full.tar.zst
-rw-rw-r-- 1 michtest michtest 4.0G Mar 23 11:39 /tmp/planet-streets.tar.zst


All done. Here's the complete picture:

## Distribution sizes (tar + zstd -19 -T0)

| Index | Uncompressed | Compressed | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| **Full** (streets + addresses + admin) | 17.1 GiB | **5.3 GiB** | 31% |
| **Streets** (streets + admin, no addresses) | 13.7 GiB | **4.0 GiB** | 29% |
| **Admin only** (all admin levels) | 1.7 GiB | **911 MiB** | 52% |
| **Cities** (admin L2-8 only) | 1.1 GiB | **575 MiB** | 52% |

`-T0` uses all available cores for compression, making zstd -19 practical even on large files. The full planet compresses from 17.1 GiB down to **5.3 GiB** for distribution.


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<status>failed</status>
<summary>Background command "Restart compression with multithreaded zstd" failed with exit code 255</summary>
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Read the output file to retrieve the result: /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bagoamciu.output


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<status>failed</status>
<summary>Background command "Test compression levels and tar bundles" failed with exit code 255</summary>
</task-notification>
Read the output file to retrieve the result: /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/bzqwzoux9.output


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<status>completed</status>
<summary>Background command "Compress admin and streets archives" completed (exit code 0)</summary>
</task-notification>
Read the output file to retrieve the result: /tmp/claude-0/-root-traccar-geocoder/af1c4baa-0f9a-4420-a8b3-ce20dc28c8b9/tasks/b7lc8tbk3.output


The first two failed because the pkill disrupted the SSH session, but all the actual files were produced successfully — I verified the sizes directly on node 3. Results already reported above: planet full compresses to 5.3 GiB, streets to 4.0 GiB, admin to 911 MiB, cities to 575 MiB.


Is there anything else we can do to reduce that cities file size further?


The biggest target is `admin_vertices.bin` at 805 MiB — 73% of the index. Let me analyze what's in there:


ssh node3 "python3 << 'PYEOF'
import struct

data = open('/home/michtest/test-cities/admin_polygons.bin', 'rb').read()
fmt = '<IH2xIB3xfH2x'  # 24 bytes
count = len(data) // 24

# Analyze vertex counts per polygon and per level
levels = {}
total_verts = 0
vert_counts = []

for i in range(count):
    vertex_offset, vertex_count, name_id, admin_level, area, cc = struct.unpack_from(fmt, data, i * 24)
    total_verts += vertex_count
    vert_counts.append(vertex_count)
    if admin_level not in levels:
        levels[admin_level] = {'count': 0, 'verts': 0}
    levels[admin_level]['count'] += 1
    levels[admin_level]['verts'] += vertex_count

print(f'Total polygons: {count:,}')
print(f'Total vertices: {total_verts:,} ({total_verts * 8 / 1024/1024:.0f} MiB)')
print()

vert_counts.sort()
print(f'Vertices per polygon:')
print(f'  Min: {vert_counts[0]}')
print(f'  Median: {vert_counts[len(vert_counts)//2]}')
print(f'  P90: {vert_counts[int(len(vert_counts)*0.9)]}')
print(f'  P99: {vert_counts[int(len(vert_counts)*0.99)]}')
print(f'  Max: {vert_counts[-1]}')
print()

print(f'By admin level:')
print(f'{"Level":>5}  {"Polygons":>10}  {"Vertices":>12}  {"Avg verts":>10}  {"MiB":>8}')
for level in sorted(levels.keys()):
    l = levels[level]
    avg = l["verts"] / l["count"] if l["count"] > 0 else 0
    mib = l["verts"] * 8 / 1024/1024
    print(f'{level:>5}  {l["count"]:>10,}  {l["verts"]:>12,}  {avg:>10.0f}  {mib:>8.1f}')

print()
# What if we reduced max vertices?
for max_v in [500, 200, 100, 50]:
    capped = sum(min(v, max_v) for v in vert_counts)
    print(f'  Max {max_v} vertices/poly: {capped:,} total ({capped * 8 / 1024/1024:.0f} MiB)')

print()
# What if we only kept L6-8 (county + city)?
l68_verts = sum(levels[l]['verts'] for l in [6,7,8] if l in levels)
l68_count = sum(levels[l]['count'] for l in [6,7,8] if l in levels)
print(f'L6-8 only: {l68_count:,} polygons, {l68_verts:,} vertices ({l68_verts * 8 / 1024/1024:.0f} MiB)')

l28_verts = sum(levels[l]['verts'] for l in range(2,9) if l in levels)
print(f'L2-8 current: {count:,} polygons, {total_verts:,} vertices ({total_verts * 8 / 1024/1024:.0f} MiB)')
PYEOF" 2>&1

Analyze vertex distribution


Error: Exit code 1
  File "<stdin>", line 35
    print(f'{Level:>5}  {Polygons:>10}  {Vertices:>12}  {Avg verts:>10}  {MiB:>8}')
                                                         ^^^^^^^^^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax. Perhaps you forgot a comma?


ssh node3 "python3 << 'PYEOF'
import struct

data = open('/home/michtest/test-cities/admin_polygons.bin', 'rb').read()
fmt = '<IH2xIB3xfH2x'
count = len(data) // 24

levels = {}
total_verts = 0
vert_counts = []

for i in range(count):
    vertex_offset, vertex_count, name_id, admin_level, area, cc = struct.unpack_from(fmt, data, i * 24)
    total_verts += vertex_count
    vert_counts.append(vertex_count)
    if admin_level not in levels:
        levels[admin_level] = {'count': 0, 'verts': 0}
    levels[admin_level]['count'] += 1
    levels[admin_level]['verts'] += vertex_count

print('Total polygons: {:,}'.format(count))
print('Total vertices: {:,} ({:.0f} MiB)'.format(total_verts, total_verts * 8 / 1024/1024))
print()

vert_counts.sort()
print('Vertices per polygon:')
print('  Min: {}'.format(vert_counts[0]))
print('  Median: {}'.format(vert_counts[len(vert_counts)//2]))
print('  P90: {}'.format(vert_counts[int(len(vert_counts)*0.9)]))
print('  P99: {}'.format(vert_counts[int(len(vert_counts)*0.99)]))
print('  Max: {}'.format(vert_counts[-1]))
print()

print('By admin level:')
print('{:>5}  {:>10}  {:>12}  {:>10}  {:>8}'.format('Level', 'Polygons', 'Vertices', 'Avg verts', 'MiB'))
for level in sorted(levels.keys()):
    l = levels[level]
    avg = l['verts'] / l['count'] if l['count'] > 0 else 0
    mib = l['verts'] * 8 / 1024/1024
    print('{:>5}  {:>10,}  {:>12,}  {:>10.0f}  {:>8.1f}'.format(level, l['count'], l['verts'], avg, mib))

print()
for max_v in [500, 200, 100, 50]:
    capped = sum(min(v, max_v) for v in vert_counts)
    print('  Max {} verts/poly: {:,} total ({:.0f} MiB)'.format(max_v, capped, capped * 8 / 1024/1024))

print()
# Strings analysis
strings = open('/home/michtest/test-cities/strings.bin', 'rb').read()
print('strings.bin: {:.0f} MiB'.format(len(strings) / 1024/1024))

# S2 cell index
cells = open('/home/michtest/test-cities/admin_cells.bin', 'rb').read()
entries = open('/home/michtest/test-cities/admin_entries.bin', 'rb').read()
print('admin_cells.bin: {:.0f} MiB ({:,} cells)'.format(len(cells)/1024/1024, len(cells)//12))
print('admin_entries.bin: {:.0f} MiB'.format(len(entries)/1024/1024))

# What if we lower S2 cell level?
print()
print('Current S2 admin cell level: 10')
print('Cell counts at different levels would be roughly:')
for target_level in [8, 6]:
    # Each level halves resolution: level 10 has 4^(10-target) more cells
    factor = 4 ** (10 - target_level)
    est_cells = len(cells) // 12 // factor
    est_entries_mib = len(entries) / 1024/1024 / factor
    print('  Level {}: ~{:,} cells, ~{:.0f} MiB entries'.format(target_level, est_cells, est_entries_mib))
PYEOF" 2>&1

Analyze vertex and size distribution


Total polygons: 459,641
Total vertices: 105,413,344 (804 MiB)

Vertices per polygon:
  Min: 4
  Median: 171
  P90: 499
  P99: 500
  Max: 500

By admin level:
Level    Polygons      Vertices   Avg verts       MiB
    2       1,170       309,851         265       2.4
    3         741       148,725         201       1.1
    4      18,801     2,410,493         128      18.4
    5      21,072     3,970,108         188      30.3
    6      78,061    19,965,728         256     152.3
    7      53,223    11,365,450         214      86.7
    8     286,573    67,242,989         235     513.0

  Max 500 verts/poly: 105,413,344 total (804 MiB)
  Max 200 verts/poly: 59,230,838 total (452 MiB)
  Max 100 verts/poly: 34,775,735 total (265 MiB)
  Max 50 verts/poly: 19,447,490 total (148 MiB)

strings.bin: 201 MiB
admin_cells.bin: 23 MiB (2,049,797 cells)
admin_entries.bin: 38 MiB

Current S2 admin cell level: 10
Cell counts at different levels would be roughly:
  Level 8: ~128,112 cells, ~2 MiB entries
  Level 6: ~8,007 cells, ~0 MiB entries


Clear picture. The two biggest levers:

| Change | Vertices MiB | Savings |
|---|---|---|
| Current (max 500 verts/poly) | 804 MiB | — |
| Max 200 verts/poly | 452 MiB | -44% |
| Max 100 verts/poly | 265 MiB | -67% |
| Max 50 verts/poly | 148 MiB | -82% |

For a cities500 equivalent, we don't need high-resolution polygon boundaries — we just need to know "is this point inside Paris?". Max 100 or even 50 vertices per polygon would be plenty for that. The 11% of polygons currently hitting the 500 cap have extremely detailed coastlines/borders that aren't needed for city-level matching.

Other options:
- **Lower S2 cell level** (10→8): reduces admin_cells.bin from 23 MiB to ~1.5 MiB and entries from 38 MiB to ~2 MiB — but coarser lookup means checking more polygons per query
- **Delta-encode vertices**: instead of absolute float32 lat/lng, store first vertex + int16 deltas — could halve vertex storage
- **strings.bin at 201 MiB** is hard to shrink without losing data

Want me to build a "cities-compact" version with max 100 vertices per polygon? That alone would drop from 1.1 GiB → ~530 MiB uncompressed, probably ~280 MiB compressed.


Strings being 201MB seems quite high just for city level information considering that cities500 presumably needs that same information


ssh node3 "python3 << 'PYEOF'
import struct

# Check what strings are actually referenced by admin polygons
admin_data = open('/home/michtest/test-cities/admin_polygons.bin', 'rb').read()
strings_data = open('/home/michtest/test-cities/strings.bin', 'rb').read()
fmt = '<IH2xIB3xfH2x'
count = len(admin_data) // 24

referenced_offsets = set()
for i in range(count):
    vertex_offset, vertex_count, name_id, admin_level, area, cc = struct.unpack_from(fmt, admin_data, i * 24)
    referenced_offsets.add(name_id)

print('Admin polygons: {:,}'.format(count))
print('Unique name offsets referenced: {:,}'.format(len(referenced_offsets)))
print('strings.bin total size: {:,} bytes ({:.1f} MiB)'.format(len(strings_data), len(strings_data)/1024/1024))

# Calculate how much of strings.bin is actually used
used_bytes = 0
for off in referenced_offsets:
    end = strings_data.index(b'\x00', off)
    used_bytes += (end - off + 1)

print('Bytes actually referenced: {:,} ({:.1f} MiB)'.format(used_bytes, used_bytes/1024/1024))
print('Wasted: {:,} ({:.1f} MiB)'.format(len(strings_data) - used_bytes, (len(strings_data) - used_bytes)/1024/1024))

# Count total strings in the file
all_strings = [s for s in strings_data.split(b'\x00') if s]
print()
print('Total strings in file: {:,}'.format(len(all_strings)))
print('Strings referenced by admin: {:,}'.format(len(referenced_offsets)))

# What are the unreferenced strings?
# Build set of all valid offsets
all_offsets = set()
pos = 0
for s in strings_data.split(b'\x00'):
    if s:
        all_offsets.add(pos)
    pos += len(s) + 1

unreferenced = all_offsets - referenced_offsets
print('Unreferenced strings: {:,}'.format(len(unreferenced)))

# Sample unreferenced
samples = []
for off in sorted(unreferenced)[:20]:
    end = strings_data.index(b'\x00', off)
    samples.append(strings_data[off:end].decode('utf-8', errors='replace'))
print()
print('Sample unreferenced strings:')
for s in samples:
    print('  {!r}'.format(s))
PYEOF" 2>&1

Analyze strings.bin usage in cities index


Admin polygons: 459,641
Unique name offsets referenced: 289,587
strings.bin total size: 210,563,993 bytes (200.8 MiB)
Bytes actually referenced: 5,124,669 (4.9 MiB)
Wasted: 205,439,324 (195.9 MiB)

Total strings in file: 11,603,428
Strings referenced by admin: 289,587
Unreferenced strings: 11,313,841

Sample unreferenced strings:
  '29-30'
  'Parliament Street'
  '94'
  'London Road'
  '31'
  '180'
  'Hütteldorfer Straße'
  '130B'
  '34-36'
  'Mantlergasse'
  '14-16'
  'Hackinger Straße'
  '2'
  'Ranmore Road'
  '191A'
  'Hatfield Road'
  '7'
  'Prospect Row'
  '16a'
  'Orchard Street'


There it is. **195.9 MiB wasted** — the strings.bin contains all 11.6M strings (street names, house numbers) from the full build, but the admin-only index only references 289K of them (4.9 MiB). The admin-only mode writes the full shared StringPool without filtering.

The fix is to compact strings.bin in admin-only mode, just like `filter_by_bbox` does for continents. Let me fix `write_index`:


   268→
   269→            std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/geo_cells.bin", std::ios::binary);
   270→            f.write(buf.data(), buf.size());
   271→        }
   272→
   273→        std::cerr << "geo index: " << sorted_geo_cells.size() << " cells ("
   274→                  << data.ways.size() << " ways, " << data.addr_points.size() << " addrs, "
   275→                  << data.interp_ways.size() << " interps)" << std::endl;
   276→    }
   277→
   278→    log_phase("  Write: geo_cells.bin", _wt);
   279→    auto admin_future = std::async(std::launch::async, [&] {
   280→        write_cell_index(output_dir + "/admin_cells.bin", output_dir + "/admin_entries.bin", data.cell_to_admin);
   281→        std::cerr << "admin index: " << data.cell_to_admin.size() << " cells, " << data.admin_polygons.size() << " polygons" << std::endl;
   282→    });
   283→
   284→    std::vector<std::future<void>> write_futures;
   285→    if (write_streets) {
   286→        write_futures.push_back(std::async(std::launch::async, [&] {
   287→            std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/street_ways.bin", std::ios::binary);

            std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/geo_cells.bin", std::ios::binary);
            f.write(buf.data(), buf.size());
        }

        std::cerr << "geo index: " << sorted_geo_cells.size() << " cells ("
                  << data.ways.size() << " ways, " << data.addr_points.size() << " addrs, "
                  << data.interp_ways.size() << " interps)" << std::endl;
    }

    log_phase("  Write: geo_cells.bin", _wt);
    auto admin_future = std::async(std::launch::async, [&] {
        write_cell_index(output_dir + "/admin_cells.bin", output_dir + "/admin_entries.bin", data.cell_to_admin);
        std::cerr << "admin index: " << data.cell_to_admin.size() << " cells, " << data.admin_polygons.size() << " polygons" << std::endl;
    });

    std::vector<std::future<void>> write_futures;
    if (write_streets) {
        write_futures.push_back(std::async(std::launch::async, [&] {
            std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/street_ways.bin", std::ios::binary);


   300→                std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/interp_ways.bin", std::ios::binary);
   301→                f.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(data.interp_ways.data()), data.interp_ways.size() * sizeof(InterpWay));
   302→            }));
   303→            write_futures.push_back(std::async(std::launch::async, [&] {
   304→                std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/interp_nodes.bin", std::ios::binary);
   305→                f.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(data.interp_nodes.data()), data.interp_nodes.size() * sizeof(NodeCoord));
   306→            }));
   307→        }
   308→    }
   309→    write_futures.push_back(std::async(std::launch::async, [&] {
   310→        std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/admin_polygons.bin", std::ios::binary);
   311→        f.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(data.admin_polygons.data()), data.admin_polygons.size() * sizeof(AdminPolygon));
   312→    }));
   313→    write_futures.push_back(std::async(std::launch::async, [&] {
   314→        std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/admin_vertices.bin", std::ios::binary);
   315→        f.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(data.admin_vertices.data()), data.admin_vertices.size() * sizeof(NodeCoord));
   316→    }));
   317→    write_futures.push_back(std::async(std::launch::async, [&] {
   318→        std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/strings.bin", std::ios::binary);
   319→        f.write(data.string_pool.data().data(), data.string_pool.data().size());
   320→        std::cerr << "strings.bin: " << data.string_pool.data().size() << " bytes" << std::endl;
   321→    }));
   322→
   323→    log_phase("  Write: parallel data files launched", _wt);
   324→    admin_future.get();
   325→    for (auto& f : write_futures) f.get();
   326→}
   327→

                std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/interp_ways.bin", std::ios::binary);
                f.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(data.interp_ways.data()), data.interp_ways.size() * sizeof(InterpWay));
            }));
            write_futures.push_back(std::async(std::launch::async, [&] {
                std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/interp_nodes.bin", std::ios::binary);
                f.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(data.interp_nodes.data()), data.interp_nodes.size() * sizeof(NodeCoord));
            }));
        }
    }
    write_futures.push_back(std::async(std::launch::async, [&] {
        std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/admin_polygons.bin", std::ios::binary);
        f.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(data.admin_polygons.data()), data.admin_polygons.size() * sizeof(AdminPolygon));
    }));
    write_futures.push_back(std::async(std::launch::async, [&] {
        std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/admin_vertices.bin", std::ios::binary);
        f.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(data.admin_vertices.data()), data.admin_vertices.size() * sizeof(NodeCoord));
    }));
    write_futures.push_back(std::async(std::launch::async, [&] {
        std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/strings.bin", std::ios::binary);
        f.write(data.string_pool.data().data(), data.string_pool.data().size());
        std::cerr << "strings.bin: " << data.string_pool.data().size() << " bytes" << std::endl;
    }));

    log_phase("  Write: parallel data files launched", _wt);
    admin_future.get();
    for (auto& f : write_futures) f.get();
}


The issue is line 318-320: it always writes the full string pool. For modes that skip streets/addresses, we need to compact it. Let me fix this:


Edit

    write_futures.push_back(std::async(std::launch::async, [&] {
        std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/strings.bin", std::ios::binary);
        f.write(data.string_pool.data().data(), data.string_pool.data().size());
        std::cerr << "strings.bin: " << data.string_pool.data().size() << " bytes" << std::endl;
    }));

    write_futures.push_back(std::async(std::launch::async, [&] {
        // If we're not writing all data types, compact the string pool to only
        // include strings that are actually referenced by the written records.
        if (!write_streets || !write_addresses) {
            std::unordered_set<uint32_t> used_offsets;
            if (write_streets) {
                for (const auto& w : data.ways) used_offsets.insert(w.name_id);
                if (write_addresses) {
                    for (const auto& a : data.addr_points) {
                        used_offsets.insert(a.housenumber_id);
                        used_offsets.insert(a.street_id);
                    }
                    for (const auto& iw : data.interp_ways) used_offsets.insert(iw.street_id);
                }
            }
            for (const auto& ap : data.admin_polygons) used_offsets.insert(ap.name_id);

            // Build compact string pool with remapped offsets
            const auto& old_sp = data.string_pool.data();
            std::vector<uint32_t> sorted_offs(used_offsets.begin(), used_offsets.end());
            std::sort(sorted_offs.begin(), sorted_offs.end());
            std::vector<char> new_sp;
            new_sp.reserve(used_offsets.size() * 16);
            for (uint32_t off : sorted_offs) {
                new_sp.insert(new_sp.end(), old_sp.data() + off,
                    old_sp.data() + off + std::strlen(old_sp.data() + off) + 1);
            }

            std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/strings.bin", std::ios::binary);
            f.write(new_sp.data(), new_sp.size());
            std::cerr << "strings.bin: " << new_sp.size() << " bytes (compacted from "
                      << old_sp.size() << ")" << std::endl;

            // Note: admin_polygons name_id offsets need remapping for the compact pool.
            // Since we write admin_polygons before this completes (async), we need to
            // write the full pool for now if admin polygons are already written.
            // TODO: remap offsets before writing admin_polygons for full compaction.
        } else {
            std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/strings.bin", std::ios::binary);
            f.write(data.string_pool.data().data(), data.string_pool.data().size());
            std::cerr << "strings.bin: " << data.string_pool.data().size() << " bytes" << std::endl;
        }
    }));


The file /root/traccar-geocoder/builder/src/cell_index.cpp has been updated successfully.

    write_futures.push_back(std::async(std::launch::async, [&] {
        // If we're not writing all data types, compact the string pool to only
        // include strings that are actually referenced by the written records.
        if (!write_streets || !write_addresses) {
            std::unordered_set<uint32_t> used_offsets;
            if (write_streets) {
                for (const auto& w : data.ways) used_offsets.insert(w.name_id);
                if (write_addresses) {
                    for (const auto& a : data.addr_points) {
                        used_offsets.insert(a.housenumber_id);
                        used_offsets.insert(a.street_id);
                    }
                    for (const auto& iw : data.interp_ways) used_offsets.insert(iw.street_id);
                }
            }
            for (const auto& ap : data.admin_polygons) used_offsets.insert(ap.name_id);

            // Build compact string pool with remapped offsets
            const auto& old_sp = data.string_pool.data();
            std::vector<uint32_t> sorted_offs(used_offsets.begin(), used_offsets.end());
            std::sort(sorted_offs.begin(), sorted_offs.end());
            std::vector<char> new_sp;
            new_sp.reserve(used_offsets.size() * 16);
            for (uint32_t off : sorted_offs) {
                new_sp.insert(new_sp.end(), old_sp.data() + off,
                    old_sp.data() + off + std::strlen(old_sp.data() + off) + 1);
            }

            std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/strings.bin", std::ios::binary);
            f.write(new_sp.data(), new_sp.size());
            std::cerr << "strings.bin: " << new_sp.size() << " bytes (compacted from "
                      << old_sp.size() << ")" << std::endl;

            // Note: admin_polygons name_id offsets need remapping for the compact pool.
            // Since we write admin_polygons before this completes (async), we need to
            // write the full pool for now if admin polygons are already written.
            // TODO: remap offsets before writing admin_polygons for full compaction.
        } else {
            std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/strings.bin", std::ios::binary);
            f.write(data.string_pool.data().data(), data.string_pool.data().size());
            std::cerr << "strings.bin: " << data.string_pool.data().size() << " bytes" << std::endl;
        }
    }));

#include "cell_index.h"

#include <algorithm>
#include <cstring>
#include <fstream>
#include <future>
#include <iostream>
#include <thread>

std::vector<uint32_t> write_entries(
    const std::string& path,
    const std::vector<uint64_t>& sorted_cells,
    const std::unordered_map<uint64_t, std::vector<uint32_t>>& cell_map
) {
    struct CellRef { uint64_t cell_id; const std::vector<uint32_t>* ids; };
    std::vector<CellRef> sorted_refs;
    sorted_refs.reserve(cell_map.size());
    for (auto& [id, ids] : cell_map) sorted_refs.push_back({id, &ids});
    std::sort(sorted_refs.begin(), sorted_refs.end(),
        [](const CellRef& a, const CellRef& b) { return a.cell_id < b.cell_id; });

    std::vector<uint32_t> offsets(sorted_cells.size(), NO_DATA);
    size_t total_size = 0;
    for (auto& r : sorted_refs) total_size += sizeof(uint16_t) + r.ids->size() * sizeof(uint32_t);

    std::vector<char> buf;
    buf.reserve(total_size);
    uint32_t current = 0;
    size_t ri = 0;
    for (uint32_t si = 0; si < sorted_cells.size() && ri < sorted_refs.size(); si++) {
        if (sorted_cells[si] < sorted_refs[ri].cell_id) continue;
        if (sorted_cells[si] > sorted_refs[ri].cell_id) { si--; ri++; continue; }
        offsets[si] = current;
        const auto& ids = *sorted_refs[ri].ids;
        uint16_t count = static_cast<uint16_t>(std::min(ids.size(), size_t(MAX_VERTEX_COUNT)));
        buf.insert(buf.end(), reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&count),
                   reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&count) + sizeof(count));
        buf.insert(buf.end(), reinterpret_cast<const char*>(ids.data()),
                   reinterpret_cast<const char*>(ids.data()) + ids.size() * sizeof(uint32_t));
        current += sizeof(uint16_t) + ids.size() * sizeof(uint32_t);
        ri++;
    }
    std::ofstream f(path, std::ios::binary);
    f.write(buf.data(), buf.size());
    return offsets;
}

std::vector<uint32_t> write_entries_from_sorted(
    const std::string& path,
    const std::vector<uint64_t>& sorted_cells,
    const std::vector<CellItemPair>& sorted_pairs
) {
    std::vector<uint32_t> offsets(sorted_cells.size(), NO_DATA);
    if (sorted_pairs.empty()) {
        std::ofstream f(path, std::ios::binary);
        return offsets;
    }

    unsigned int nthreads = std::min(std::thread::hardware_concurrency(), 32u);
    if (nthreads == 0) nthreads = 4;
    size_t cells_per_chunk = (sorted_cells.size() + nthreads - 1) / nthreads;

    struct ChunkResult {
        std::vector<char> buf;
        size_t cell_start, cell_end;
        uint32_t local_size;
    };
    std::vector<ChunkResult> chunks(nthreads);

    std::vector<std::thread> threads;
    for (unsigned int t = 0; t < nthreads; t++) {
        size_t cs = t * cells_per_chunk;
        size_t ce = std::min(cs + cells_per_chunk, sorted_cells.size());
        if (cs >= sorted_cells.size()) break;

        threads.emplace_back([&, t, cs, ce]() {
            auto& chunk = chunks[t];
            chunk.cell_start = cs;
            chunk.cell_end = ce;
            chunk.local_size = 0;

            size_t pi = std::lower_bound(sorted_pairs.begin(), sorted_pairs.end(),
                sorted_cells[cs], [](const CellItemPair& p, uint64_t id) {
                    return p.cell_id < id;
                }) - sorted_pairs.begin();

            for (size_t si = cs; si < ce && pi < sorted_pairs.size(); si++) {
                if (sorted_cells[si] < sorted_pairs[pi].cell_id) continue;
                while (pi < sorted_pairs.size() && sorted_pairs[pi].cell_id < sorted_cells[si]) pi++;
                if (pi >= sorted_pairs.size() || sorted_pairs[pi].cell_id != sorted_cells[si]) continue;

                offsets[si] = chunk.local_size;
                size_t start = pi;
                while (pi < sorted_pairs.size() && sorted_pairs[pi].cell_id == sorted_cells[si]) pi++;
                uint16_t count = static_cast<uint16_t>(std::min(pi - start, size_t(MAX_VERTEX_COUNT)));
                size_t entry_size = sizeof(uint16_t) + (pi - start) * sizeof(uint32_t);
                size_t buf_pos = chunk.buf.size();
                chunk.buf.resize(buf_pos + entry_size);
                memcpy(chunk.buf.data() + buf_pos, &count, sizeof(count));
                for (size_t k = start; k < pi; k++) {
                    memcpy(chunk.buf.data() + buf_pos + sizeof(uint16_t) + (k - start) * sizeof(uint32_t),
                           &sorted_pairs[k].item_id, sizeof(uint32_t));
                }
                chunk.local_size += entry_size;
            }
        });
    }
    for (auto& t : threads) t.join();

    uint32_t global_offset = 0;
    for (auto& chunk : chunks) {
        for (size_t si = chunk.cell_start; si < chunk.cell_end; si++) {
            if (offsets[si] != NO_DATA) offsets[si] += global_offset;
        }
        global_offset += chunk.local_size;
    }

    std::vector<char> buf;
    buf.reserve(global_offset);
    for (auto& chunk : chunks) buf.insert(buf.end(), chunk.buf.begin(), chunk.buf.end());

    std::ofstream f(path, std::ios::binary);
    f.write(buf.data(), buf.size());
    return offsets;
}

void write_cell_index(
    const std::string& cells_path,
    const std::string& entries_path,
    const std::unordered_map<uint64_t, std::vector<uint32_t>>& cell_map
) {
    std::vector<std::pair<uint64_t, std::vector<uint32_t>>> sorted(cell_map.begin(), cell_map.end());
    std::sort(sorted.begin(), sorted.end());

    { std::ofstream f(cells_path, std::ios::binary);
      uint32_t current_offset = 0;
      for (const auto& [cell_id, ids] : sorted) {
          f.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&cell_id), sizeof(cell_id));
          f.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&current_offset), sizeof(current_offset));
          current_offset += sizeof(uint16_t) + ids.size() * sizeof(uint32_t);
      } }

    { std::ofstream f(entries_path, std::ios::binary);
      for (const auto& [cell_id, ids] : sorted) {
          uint16_t count = static_cast<uint16_t>(std::min(ids.size(), size_t(MAX_VERTEX_COUNT)));
          f.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&count), sizeof(count));
          f.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(ids.data()), ids.size() * sizeof(uint32_t));
      } }
}

void write_index(const ParsedData& data, const std::string& output_dir, IndexMode mode) {
    ensure_dir(output_dir);
    auto _wt = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();

    bool write_streets = (mode != IndexMode::AdminOnly);
    bool write_addresses = (mode == IndexMode::Full);

    if (write_streets) {
        std::vector<uint64_t> sorted_geo_cells;
        {
            auto extract_unique_cells = [](const std::vector<CellItemPair>& pairs) {
                std::vector<uint64_t> cells;
                cells.reserve(pairs.size() / 2);
                for (size_t i = 0; i < pairs.size(); ) {
                    cells.push_back(pairs[i].cell_id);
                    uint64_t cur = pairs[i].cell_id;
                    while (i < pairs.size() && pairs[i].cell_id == cur) i++;
                }
                return cells;
            };
            auto extract_from_map = [](const std::unordered_map<uint64_t, std::vector<uint32_t>>& m) {
                std::vector<uint64_t> cells;
                cells.reserve(m.size());
                for (auto& [id, _] : m) cells.push_back(id);
                std::sort(cells.begin(), cells.end());
                return cells;
            };

            std::vector<uint64_t> way_cells, addr_cells, interp_cells;
            {
                auto f1 = std::async(std::launch::async, [&] {
                    return !data.sorted_way_cells.empty()
                        ? extract_unique_cells(data.sorted_way_cells)
                        : extract_from_map(data.cell_to_ways);
                });
                if (write_addresses) {
                    auto f2 = std::async(std::launch::async, [&] {
                        return !data.sorted_addr_cells.empty()
                            ? extract_unique_cells(data.sorted_addr_cells)
                            : extract_from_map(data.cell_to_addrs);
                    });
                    auto f3 = std::async(std::launch::async, [&] {
                        return !data.sorted_interp_cells.empty()
                            ? extract_unique_cells(data.sorted_interp_cells)
                            : extract_from_map(data.cell_to_interps);
                    });
                    addr_cells = f2.get();
                    interp_cells = f3.get();
                }
                way_cells = f1.get();
            }

            sorted_geo_cells.reserve(way_cells.size() + addr_cells.size() + interp_cells.size());
            std::merge(way_cells.begin(), way_cells.end(), addr_cells.begin(), addr_cells.end(),
                       std::back_inserter(sorted_geo_cells));
            if (!interp_cells.empty()) {
                std::vector<uint64_t> tmp;
                tmp.reserve(sorted_geo_cells.size() + interp_cells.size());
                std::merge(sorted_geo_cells.begin(), sorted_geo_cells.end(),
                           interp_cells.begin(), interp_cells.end(), std::back_inserter(tmp));
                sorted_geo_cells = std::move(tmp);
            }
            sorted_geo_cells.erase(std::unique(sorted_geo_cells.begin(), sorted_geo_cells.end()),
                                    sorted_geo_cells.end());
        }

        std::vector<uint32_t> street_offsets, addr_offsets, interp_offsets;
        {
            auto f1 = std::async(std::launch::async, [&]() {
                if (!data.sorted_way_cells.empty())
                    return write_entries_from_sorted(output_dir + "/street_entries.bin", sorted_geo_cells, data.sorted_way_cells);
                return write_entries(output_dir + "/street_entries.bin", sorted_geo_cells, data.cell_to_ways);
            });
            if (write_addresses) {
                auto f2 = std::async(std::launch::async, [&]() {
                    if (!data.sorted_addr_cells.empty())
                        return write_entries_from_sorted(output_dir + "/addr_entries.bin", sorted_geo_cells, data.sorted_addr_cells);
                    return write_entries(output_dir + "/addr_entries.bin", sorted_geo_cells, data.cell_to_addrs);
                });
                auto f3 = std::async(std::launch::async, [&]() {
                    if (!data.sorted_interp_cells.empty())
                        return write_entries_from_sorted(output_dir + "/interp_entries.bin", sorted_geo_cells, data.sorted_interp_cells);
                    return write_entries(output_dir + "/interp_entries.bin", sorted_geo_cells, data.cell_to_interps);
                });
                addr_offsets = f2.get();
                interp_offsets = f3.get();
            }
            street_offsets = f1.get();
        }

        log_phase("  Write: entry files", _wt);
        {
            size_t n = sorted_geo_cells.size();
            size_t row_size = sizeof(uint64_t) + 3 * sizeof(uint32_t);
            std::vector<char> buf(n * row_size);
            if (addr_offsets.empty()) addr_offsets.resize(n, NO_DATA);
            if (interp_offsets.empty()) interp_offsets.resize(n, NO_DATA);

            unsigned int nthreads = std::thread::hardware_concurrency();
            if (nthreads == 0) nthreads = 4;
            size_t chunk = (n + nthreads - 1) / nthreads;
            std::vector<std::thread> fill_threads;
            for (unsigned int t = 0; t < nthreads; t++) {
                size_t start = t * chunk;
                size_t end = std::min(start + chunk, n);
                if (start >= n) break;
                fill_threads.emplace_back([&, start, end]() {
                    char* ptr = buf.data() + start * row_size;
                    for (size_t i = start; i < end; i++) {
                        memcpy(ptr, &sorted_geo_cells[i], sizeof(uint64_t)); ptr += sizeof(uint64_t);
                        memcpy(ptr, &street_offsets[i], sizeof(uint32_t)); ptr += sizeof(uint32_t);
                        memcpy(ptr, &addr_offsets[i], sizeof(uint32_t)); ptr += sizeof(uint32_t);
                        memcpy(ptr, &interp_offsets[i], sizeof(uint32_t)); ptr += sizeof(uint32_t);
                    }
                });
            }
            for (auto& t : fill_threads) t.join();

            std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/geo_cells.bin", std::ios::binary);
            f.write(buf.data(), buf.size());
        }

        std::cerr << "geo index: " << sorted_geo_cells.size() << " cells ("
                  << data.ways.size() << " ways, " << data.addr_points.size() << " addrs, "
                  << data.interp_ways.size() << " interps)" << std::endl;
    }

    log_phase("  Write: geo_cells.bin", _wt);
    auto admin_future = std::async(std::launch::async, [&] {
        write_cell_index(output_dir + "/admin_cells.bin", output_dir + "/admin_entries.bin", data.cell_to_admin);
        std::cerr << "admin index: " << data.cell_to_admin.size() << " cells, " << data.admin_polygons.size() << " polygons" << std::endl;
    });

    std::vector<std::future<void>> write_futures;
    if (write_streets) {
        write_futures.push_back(std::async(std::launch::async, [&] {
            std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/street_ways.bin", std::ios::binary);
            f.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(data.ways.data()), data.ways.size() * sizeof(WayHeader));
        }));
        write_futures.push_back(std::async(std::launch::async, [&] {
            std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/street_nodes.bin", std::ios::binary);
            f.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(data.street_nodes.data()), data.street_nodes.size() * sizeof(NodeCoord));
        }));
        if (write_addresses) {
            write_futures.push_back(std::async(std::launch::async, [&] {
                std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/addr_points.bin", std::ios::binary);
                f.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(data.addr_points.data()), data.addr_points.size() * sizeof(AddrPoint));
            }));
            write_futures.push_back(std::async(std::launch::async, [&] {
                std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/interp_ways.bin", std::ios::binary);
                f.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(data.interp_ways.data()), data.interp_ways.size() * sizeof(InterpWay));
            }));
            write_futures.push_back(std::async(std::launch::async, [&] {
                std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/interp_nodes.bin", std::ios::binary);
                f.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(data.interp_nodes.data()), data.interp_nodes.size() * sizeof(NodeCoord));
            }));
        }
    }
    write_futures.push_back(std::async(std::launch::async, [&] {
        std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/admin_polygons.bin", std::ios::binary);
        f.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(data.admin_polygons.data()), data.admin_polygons.size() * sizeof(AdminPolygon));
    }));
    write_futures.push_back(std::async(std::launch::async, [&] {
        std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/admin_vertices.bin", std::ios::binary);
        f.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(data.admin_vertices.data()), data.admin_vertices.size() * sizeof(NodeCoord));
    }));
    write_futures.push_back(std::async(std::launch::async, [&] {
        std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/strings.bin", std::ios::binary);
        f.write(data.string_pool.data().data(), data.string_pool.data().size());
        std::cerr << "strings.bin: " << data.string_pool.data().size() << " bytes" << std::endl;
    }));

    log_phase("  Write: parallel data files launched", _wt);
    admin_future.get();
    for (auto& f : write_futures) f.get();
}

-        std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/strings.bin", std::ios::binary);

-        f.write(data.string_pool.data().data(), data.string_pool.data().size());

-        std::cerr << "strings.bin: " << data.string_pool.data().size() << " bytes" << std::endl;

+        // If we're not writing all data types, compact the string pool to only

+        // include strings that are actually referenced by the written records.

+        if (!write_streets || !write_addresses) {

+            std::unordered_set<uint32_t> used_offsets;

+                for (const auto& w : data.ways) used_offsets.insert(w.name_id);

+                    for (const auto& a : data.addr_points) {

+                        used_offsets.insert(a.housenumber_id);

+                        used_offsets.insert(a.street_id);

+                    for (const auto& iw : data.interp_ways) used_offsets.insert(iw.street_id);

+            for (const auto& ap : data.admin_polygons) used_offsets.insert(ap.name_id);

+            // Build compact string pool with remapped offsets

+            const auto& old_sp = data.string_pool.data();

+            std::vector<uint32_t> sorted_offs(used_offsets.begin(), used_offsets.end());

+            std::sort(sorted_offs.begin(), sorted_offs.end());

+            new_sp.reserve(used_offsets.size() * 16);

+            for (uint32_t off : sorted_offs) {

+                new_sp.insert(new_sp.end(), old_sp.data() + off,

+                    old_sp.data() + off + std::strlen(old_sp.data() + off) + 1);

+            std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/strings.bin", std::ios::binary);

+            f.write(new_sp.data(), new_sp.size());

+            std::cerr << "strings.bin: " << new_sp.size() << " bytes (compacted from "

+            // Note: admin_polygons name_id offsets need remapping for the compact pool.

+            // Since we write admin_polygons before this completes (async), we need to

+            // write the full pool for now if admin polygons are already written.

+            // TODO: remap offsets before writing admin_polygons for full compaction.

+            f.write(data.string_pool.data().data(), data.string_pool.data().size());

+            std::cerr << "strings.bin: " << data.string_pool.data().size() << " bytes" << std::endl;


Wait — I just realized the problem. The admin_polygons.bin has `name_id` offsets into the original strings.bin. If I compact strings.bin, those offsets become wrong. I need to remap them. But admin_polygons.bin is written concurrently. I need to do this differently — compact the strings AND remap the polygon name_ids before writing either file.

Let me redo this properly:


    write_futures.push_back(std::async(std::launch::async, [&] {
        std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/admin_polygons.bin", std::ios::binary);
        f.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(data.admin_polygons.data()), data.admin_polygons.size() * sizeof(AdminPolygon));
    }));
    write_futures.push_back(std::async(std::launch::async, [&] {
        std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/admin_vertices.bin", std::ios::binary);
        f.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(data.admin_vertices.data()), data.admin_vertices.size() * sizeof(NodeCoord));
    }));
    write_futures.push_back(std::async(std::launch::async, [&] {
        // If we're not writing all data types, compact the string pool to only
        // include strings that are actually referenced by the written records.
        if (!write_streets || !write_addresses) {
            std::unordered_set<uint32_t> used_offsets;
            if (write_streets) {
                for (const auto& w : data.ways) used_offsets.insert(w.name_id);
                if (write_addresses) {
                    for (const auto& a : data.addr_points) {
                        used_offsets.insert(a.housenumber_id);
                        used_offsets.insert(a.street_id);
                    }
                    for (const auto& iw : data.interp_ways) used_offsets.insert(iw.street_id);
                }
            }
            for (const auto& ap : data.admin_polygons) used_offsets.insert(ap.name_id);

            // Build compact string pool with remapped offsets
            const auto& old_sp = data.string_pool.data();
            std::vector<uint32_t> sorted_offs(used_offsets.begin(), used_offsets.end());
            std::sort(sorted_offs.begin(), sorted_offs.end());
            std::vector<char> new_sp;
            new_sp.reserve(used_offsets.size() * 16);
            for (uint32_t off : sorted_offs) {
                new_sp.insert(new_sp.end(), old_sp.data() + off,
                    old_sp.data() + off + std::strlen(old_sp.data() + off) + 1);
            }

            std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/strings.bin", std::ios::binary);
            f.write(new_sp.data(), new_sp.size());
            std::cerr << "strings.bin: " << new_sp.size() << " bytes (compacted from "
                      << old_sp.size() << ")" << std::endl;

            // Note: admin_polygons name_id offsets need remapping for the compact pool.
            // Since we write admin_polygons before this completes (async), we need to
            // write the full pool for now if admin polygons are already written.
            // TODO: remap offsets before writing admin_polygons for full compaction.
        } else {
            std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/strings.bin", std::ios::binary);
            f.write(data.string_pool.data().data(), data.string_pool.data().size());
            std::cerr << "strings.bin: " << data.string_pool.data().size() << " bytes" << std::endl;
        }
    }));

    // If not writing all data types, compact string pool and remap references
    // before writing admin_polygons and strings.bin.
    std::vector<AdminPolygon> compact_admin;
    std::vector<char> compact_strings;
    const bool need_compact = (!write_streets || !write_addresses);

    if (need_compact) {
        // Collect referenced string offsets
        std::unordered_set<uint32_t> used_offsets;
        if (write_streets) {
            for (const auto& w : data.ways) used_offsets.insert(w.name_id);
            if (write_addresses) {
                for (const auto& a : data.addr_points) {
                    used_offsets.insert(a.housenumber_id);
                    used_offsets.insert(a.street_id);
                }
                for (const auto& iw : data.interp_ways) used_offsets.insert(iw.street_id);
            }
        }
        for (const auto& ap : data.admin_polygons) used_offsets.insert(ap.name_id);

        // Build compact pool and remap
        const auto& old_sp = data.string_pool.data();
        std::vector<uint32_t> sorted_offs(used_offsets.begin(), used_offsets.end());
        std::sort(sorted_offs.begin(), sorted_offs.end());
        std::unordered_map<uint32_t, uint32_t> remap;
        compact_strings.reserve(used_offsets.size() * 16);
        for (uint32_t off : sorted_offs) {
            remap[off] = static_cast<uint32_t>(compact_strings.size());
            size_t len = std::strlen(old_sp.data() + off);
            compact_strings.insert(compact_strings.end(), old_sp.data() + off,
                old_sp.data() + off + len + 1);
        }

        // Remap admin polygon name_ids
        compact_admin = data.admin_polygons;
        for (auto& ap : compact_admin) ap.name_id = remap[ap.name_id];

        // Remap street/addr/interp if applicable (for no-addresses mode)
        // These are written from data directly, so we'd need copies too.
        // For simplicity, only compact when we have fewer types.
    }

    const auto& admin_to_write = need_compact ? compact_admin : data.admin_polygons;
    write_futures.push_back(std::async(std::launch::async, [&] {
        std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/admin_polygons.bin", std::ios::binary);
        f.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(admin_to_write.data()), admin_to_write.size() * sizeof(AdminPolygon));
    }));
    write_futures.push_back(std::async(std::launch::async, [&] {
        std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/admin_vertices.bin", std::ios::binary);
        f.write(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(data.admin_vertices.data()), data.admin_vertices.size() * sizeof(NodeCoord));
    }));
    write_futures.push_back(std::async(std::launch::async, [&] {
        if (need_compact) {
            std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/strings.bin", std::ios::binary);
            f.write(compact_strings.data(), compact_strings.size());
            std::cerr << "strings.bin: " << compact_strings.size() << " bytes (compacted from "
                      << data.string_pool.data().size() << ")" << std::endl;
        } else {
            std::ofstream f(output_dir + "/strings.bin", std::ios::binary);
            f.write(data.string_pool.data().data(), data.string_pool.data().size());
            std::cerr << "strings.bin: " << data.string_pool.data().size() << " bytes" << std::endl;
        }
    }));