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		toomuchtodo on March 1, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The rise of OpenStreetMap: A quest to conquer Goog... Wikipedia (text articles alone) is about 10GB compressed. I'm in awe that I can carry around most of the world's mapping data and a lot of its knowledge on an SD card or my phone.

maxerickson on March 1, 2014 [–]

The Hitchhikers Guide to the Planet.

toomuchtodo on March 1, 2014 | [–]

That's the plan.

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