diff --git a/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/ProfileCache.java b/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/ProfileCache.java
index 1a71d4b..f03e6ae 100644
--- a/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/ProfileCache.java
+++ b/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/ProfileCache.java
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ public final class ProfileCache
       
       BExpressionContextGlobal expctxGlobal = new BExpressionContextGlobal( meta );
       rc.expctxWay = new BExpressionContextWay( rc.memoryclass * 512, meta );
-      rc.expctxNode = new BExpressionContextNode( rc.memoryclass * 128, meta );
+      rc.expctxNode = new BExpressionContextNode( 0, meta );
+      rc.expctxNode.setForeignContext( rc.expctxWay );
       
       meta.readMetaData( new File( profileDir, "lookups.dat" ) );
 
diff --git a/brouter-expressions/src/main/java/btools/expressions/BExpression.java b/brouter-expressions/src/main/java/btools/expressions/BExpression.java
index c66fc45..a029023 100644
--- a/brouter-expressions/src/main/java/btools/expressions/BExpression.java
+++ b/brouter-expressions/src/main/java/btools/expressions/BExpression.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ final class BExpression
   private static final int LOOKUP_EXP = 32;
   private static final int NUMBER_EXP = 33;
   private static final int VARIABLE_EXP = 34;
+  private static final int FOREIGN_VARIABLE_EXP = 35;
 
   private int typ;
   private BExpression op1;
@@ -138,6 +139,8 @@ final class BExpression
           exp.typ = ASSIGN_EXP;
           String variable = ctx.parseToken();
           if ( variable == null ) throw new IllegalArgumentException( "unexpected end of file" );
+          if ( variable.indexOf( '=' ) >= 0 ) throw new IllegalArgumentException( "variable name cannot contain '=': " + variable );
+          if ( variable.indexOf( ':' ) >= 0 ) throw new IllegalArgumentException( "cannot assign context-prefixed variable: " + variable );
           exp.variableIdx = ctx.getVariableIdx( variable, true );
           if ( exp.variableIdx < ctx.getMinWriteIdx() ) throw new IllegalArgumentException( "cannot assign to readonly variable " + variable );
         }
@@ -175,6 +178,13 @@ final class BExpression
               }
             }
           }
+          else if ( ( idx = operator.indexOf( ':' ) ) >= 0 )
+          {
+            String context = operator.substring( 0, idx );
+            String varname = operator.substring( idx+1 );
+            exp.typ = FOREIGN_VARIABLE_EXP;
+            exp.variableIdx = ctx.getForeignVariableIdx( context, varname );
+          }
           else if ( (idx = ctx.getVariableIdx( operator, false )) >= 0 )
           {
             exp.typ = VARIABLE_EXP;
@@ -257,6 +267,7 @@ final class BExpression
       case LOOKUP_EXP: return ctx.getLookupMatch( lookupNameIdx, lookupValueIdxArray );
       case NUMBER_EXP: return numberValue;
       case VARIABLE_EXP: return ctx.getVariableValue( variableIdx );
+      case FOREIGN_VARIABLE_EXP: return ctx.getForeignVariableValue( variableIdx );
       case NOT_EXP: return op1.evaluate(ctx) == 0.f ? 1.f : 0.f;
       default: throw new IllegalArgumentException( "unknown op-code: " + typ );
     }
diff --git a/brouter-expressions/src/main/java/btools/expressions/BExpressionContext.java b/brouter-expressions/src/main/java/btools/expressions/BExpressionContext.java
index 9fc4526..3d265d5 100644
--- a/brouter-expressions/src/main/java/btools/expressions/BExpressionContext.java
+++ b/brouter-expressions/src/main/java/btools/expressions/BExpressionContext.java
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ public abstract class BExpressionContext implements IByteArrayUnifier
   private float[] currentVars;
   private int currentVarOffset;
   
+  private BExpressionContext foreignContext;
+  
   protected void setInverseVars()
   {
     currentVarOffset = nBuildInVars;
@@ -108,8 +110,11 @@ public abstract class BExpressionContext implements IByteArrayUnifier
      if ( Boolean.getBoolean( "disableExpressionCache" ) ) hashSize = 1;
       
      // create the expression cache
-     cache = new LruMap( 4*hashSize, hashSize );
-     resultVarCache = new LruMap( 4096, 4096 );
+     if ( hashSize > 0 )
+     {
+       cache = new LruMap( 4*hashSize, hashSize );
+       resultVarCache = new LruMap( 4096, 4096 );
+     }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -347,6 +352,18 @@ public abstract class BExpressionContext implements IByteArrayUnifier
   {
     requests++;
     lookupDataValid = false; // this is an assertion for a nasty pifall
+    
+    if ( cache == null )
+    {
+      decode( lookupData, inverseDirection, ab );
+      if ( currentVars == null || currentVars.length != nBuildInVars )
+      {
+        currentVars = new float[nBuildInVars];
+      }
+      evaluateInto( currentVars, 0 );
+      currentVarOffset = 0;
+      return;
+    }
 
     CacheNode cn;
     if ( lastCacheNode.ab == ab )
@@ -660,6 +677,50 @@ public abstract class BExpressionContext implements IByteArrayUnifier
     Integer num = lookupNumbers.get( name );
     return num != null && lookupData[num.intValue()] == 2;
   }
+  
+  public int getOutputVariableIndex( String name )
+  {
+    int idx = getVariableIdx( name, false );
+    if ( idx < 0 )
+    {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException( "unknown variable: " + name );
+    }
+    if ( idx < minWriteIdx )
+    {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException( "bad access to global variable: " + name );
+    }
+    for( int i=0; i<nBuildInVars; i++ )
+    {
+      if ( buildInVariableIdx[i] == idx )
+      {
+        return i;
+      }
+    }
+    int[] extended = new int[nBuildInVars + 1];
+    System.arraycopy( buildInVariableIdx, 0, extended, 0, nBuildInVars );
+    extended[nBuildInVars] = idx;
+    buildInVariableIdx = extended;
+    return nBuildInVars++;
+  }
+  
+  public void setForeignContext( BExpressionContext foreignContext )
+  {
+    this.foreignContext = foreignContext;
+  }
+
+  public float getForeignVariableValue( int foreignIndex )
+  {
+    return foreignContext.getBuildInVariable( foreignIndex );
+  }
+
+  public int getForeignVariableIdx( String context, String name )
+  {
+    if ( foreignContext == null || !context.equals( foreignContext.context ) )
+    {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException( "unknown foreign context: " + context );
+    }
+    return foreignContext.getOutputVariableIndex( name );
+  }
 
   public void parseFile( File file, String readOnlyContext )
   {
diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/BitReadBuffer.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/BitReadBuffer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac40d03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/BitReadBuffer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+package btools.mapdecoder;
+
+
+public final class BitReadBuffer
+{
+  private byte[] ab;
+  private int idxMax;
+  private int idx = -1;
+  private int bits; // bits left in buffer
+  private long b;
+
+  public BitReadBuffer( byte[] ab )
+  {
+    this.ab = ab;
+    idxMax = ab.length-1;
+  }
+  
+  public boolean decodeBit()
+  {
+    fillBuffer();
+    boolean value = ( ( b & 1L ) != 0 );
+    b >>>= 1;
+    bits--;
+    return value;
+  }
+
+  public long decodeBits( int count )
+  {
+    if ( count == 0 )
+    {
+      return 0;
+    }
+    fillBuffer();
+    long mask = -1L >>> ( 64 - count );
+    long value = b & mask;
+    b >>>= count;
+    bits -= count;
+    return value;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * decode an integer in the range 0..max (inclusive).
+   */
+  public long decodeBounded( long max )
+  {
+    long value = 0;
+    long im = 1; // integer mask
+    fillBuffer();
+    while (( value | im ) <= max)
+    {
+      if ( ( b & 1 ) != 0 )
+        value |= im;
+      b >>>= 1;
+      bits--;
+      im <<= 1;
+    }
+    return value;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * decode a small number with a variable bit length
+   * (poor mans huffman tree)
+   * 1 -> 0
+   * 01 -> 1 + following 1-bit word ( 1..2 )
+   * 001 -> 3 + following 2-bit word ( 3..6 )
+   * 0001 -> 7 + following 3-bit word ( 7..14 ) etc.
+   */
+  public int decodeInt()
+  {
+    long range = 1;
+    int cnt = 1;
+    fillBuffer();
+    while ((b & range) == 0)
+    {
+      range = (range << 1) | 1;
+      cnt++;
+    }
+    b >>>= cnt;
+    bits -= cnt;
+    return (int)((range >>> 1) + ( cnt > 1 ? decodeBits( cnt-1 ) : 0 ));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * double-log variant of decodeVarBits better suited for
+   * distributions with a big-number tail
+   */
+  public long decodeLong()
+  {
+    int n = decodeInt();
+    return (1L << n) + decodeBits( n ) - 1L;
+  }
+
+  public long[] decodeSortedArray()
+  {
+    int size = decodeInt();
+    long[] values = new long[size];
+    if ( size == 0 )
+    {
+      return values;
+    }
+    int offset = 0;
+    long value = 0;
+    int bits = decodeInt();
+    int[] sizestack = new int[bits];
+    int stackpointer = 0;
+
+    for(;;)
+    {
+      while( size > 1 && bits > 0 )
+      {
+        int size2 = (int)decodeBounded( size );
+        sizestack[stackpointer++] = size2;
+        size -= size2;
+        value <<= 1;
+        bits--;
+      }
+      if ( size == 1 )
+      {
+        values[offset++] = (value << bits) | decodeBits( bits );
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        while (size-- > 0)
+        {
+          values[offset++] = value;
+        }
+      }
+      if ( stackpointer == 0 )
+      {
+        return values;
+      }
+      while ( ( value & 1L ) == 1L  )
+      {
+        value >>= 1;
+        bits++;
+      }
+      value |= 1L;
+      size = sizestack[--stackpointer];
+    }
+  }
+
+  
+  private void fillBuffer()
+  {
+    while (bits <= 56)
+    {
+      if ( idx < idxMax )
+      {
+        b |= (ab[++idx] & 0xffL) << bits;
+      }
+      bits += 8;
+    }
+  }    
+}
diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/CharDecoder.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/CharDecoder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b2269ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/CharDecoder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package btools.mapdecoder;
+
+/**
+ * Decoder for unicode characters, using simple (1st order) huffmann
+ */
+public final class CharDecoder extends HuffmannTreeDecoder<Character>
+{
+  private long[] alphabet;
+  private int range;
+  private char[] buffer = new char[64];
+  
+  public CharDecoder( BitReadBuffer brb )
+  {
+    super( brb );
+  }
+  
+  @Override
+  protected Object decodeTree()
+  {
+    alphabet = brb.decodeSortedArray();
+    range = alphabet.length - 1;
+System.out.println( "decoded alphabet of length " + alphabet.length + " idx3 = " + alphabet[3] ); 
+    return super.decodeTree();
+  }
+
+  protected Character decodeItem()
+  {
+    int idx = (int)brb.decodeBounded( range );
+    long lc = alphabet[idx];
+System.out.println( "decoded item: c=" + ((char)lc) + " idx=" + idx );
+    return Character.valueOf( (char)lc );
+  }
+
+  public String decodeString()
+  {
+    int n = brb.decodeInt();
+    char[] b = n <= buffer.length ? buffer : new char[n];
+    for( int i=0; i<n; i++ )
+    {
+      b[i] = decode().charValue();
+    }
+    return new String( b, 0, n );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/HuffmannTreeDecoder.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/HuffmannTreeDecoder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a93796c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/HuffmannTreeDecoder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package btools.mapdecoder;
+
+/**
+ * Decoder for static huffmann coded data
+ */
+public abstract class HuffmannTreeDecoder<V>
+{
+  private Object tree;
+  protected BitReadBuffer brb;
+
+  protected HuffmannTreeDecoder( BitReadBuffer brb )
+  {
+    this.brb = brb;
+    tree = decodeTree();
+  }
+
+  public V decode()
+  {
+    Object node = tree;
+    while (node instanceof TreeNode)
+    {
+      TreeNode tn = (TreeNode) node;
+      node = brb.decodeBit() ? tn.child2 : tn.child1;
+    }
+    if ( node == null )
+    {
+      return decodeItem(); // inline item
+    }
+    return (V) node;
+  }
+
+
+  protected Object decodeTree()
+  {
+    boolean isNode = brb.decodeBit();
+    if ( isNode )
+    {
+      TreeNode node = new TreeNode();
+      node.child1 = decodeTree();
+      node.child2 = decodeTree();
+      return node;
+    }
+    boolean isInlinePrefix = brb.decodeBit();
+    if ( isInlinePrefix )
+    {
+      return null;
+    }
+    return decodeItem();
+  }
+  
+
+  private static final class TreeNode
+  {
+    public Object child1;
+    public Object child2;
+  }
+
+  protected abstract V decodeItem();
+}
diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/LocaleIndexMapping.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/LocaleIndexMapping.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24a3705
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/LocaleIndexMapping.java
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package btools.mapdecoder;
+
+import java.io.DataInputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.zip.Inflater;
+
+/**
+ * Manage the mapping between locale and native node indexes
+ */
+public class LocaleIndexMapping
+{
+  private int[] refZoomDelta;
+  private int[] refNativeIndex;
+  private OsmTile[] tileForZoomDelta;
+
+  public LocaleIndexMapping( OsmTile tile, BitReadBuffer brb ) throws Exception
+  {
+    // prepare the locale index array
+    int localeNodeCount = brb.decodeInt();
+    refZoomDelta = new int[localeNodeCount];
+    refNativeIndex = new int[localeNodeCount];
+
+    tileForZoomDelta = new OsmTile[tile.zoom + 1];
+    for( OsmTile t = tile; t != null; t = t.parent )
+    {
+      tileForZoomDelta[tile.zoom-t.zoom] = t;
+    }
+
+    // decode the down-zoom refs
+    for( int zoomDelta=tile.zoom; zoomDelta > 0; zoomDelta-- )
+    {
+      long[] localeIndexes = brb.decodeSortedArray();
+      long[] nativeIndexes = brb.decodeSortedArray();
+      
+      for( int i=0; i<localeIndexes.length; i++ )
+      {
+        int idx = (int)localeIndexes[i];
+        refZoomDelta[idx] = zoomDelta;
+        refNativeIndex[idx] = (int)nativeIndexes[i];
+      }        
+    }
+
+    // prepare locale->native mapping for zoomDelta=0
+    int localeIdx = 0;
+    int nodecount = tile.nodePositions.length;
+    for( int i=0; i<nodecount; i++)
+    {
+      while( refZoomDelta[localeIdx] != 0 )
+      {
+        localeIdx++;
+      }
+      refNativeIndex[localeIdx++] = i;
+    }
+  }
+  
+  public OsmNode nodeForLocaleIndex( int localeIndex )
+  {
+    int zoomDelta = refZoomDelta[localeIndex];
+    int nativeIndex = refNativeIndex[localeIndex];
+    return tileForZoomDelta[zoomDelta].nodes.get( nativeIndex );
+  }
+
+  public OsmWay getWay( int zoomDelta, int nativeIndex )
+  {
+    return tileForZoomDelta[zoomDelta].ways.get( nativeIndex );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/NodeTreeElement.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/NodeTreeElement.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3fa3ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/NodeTreeElement.java
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package btools.mapdecoder;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+
+public class NodeTreeElement
+{
+  public int offset;
+  
+  public int nnodes;
+
+  public NodeTreeElement child0;
+
+  public NodeTreeElement child1;
+  
+  public List<OsmNode> nodes;
+  
+  public static NodeTreeElement createNodeTree( long[] values, int offset, int subsize, long nextbit, long mask )
+  {
+    if ( nextbit == 0 )
+    {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    if ( subsize < 1 )
+    {
+      return null;
+    }
+
+    long data = mask & values[offset];
+    mask |= nextbit;
+
+    // count 0-bit-fraction
+    int i = offset;
+    int end = subsize + offset;
+    for ( ; i < end; i++ )
+    {
+      if ( ( values[i] & mask ) != data )
+      {
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    int size1 = i - offset;
+    int size2 = subsize - size1;
+
+System.out.println( "createNodeTree: offset=" + offset + " subsize=" + subsize + " size1=" + size1 + " size2=" + size2 );
+    
+    NodeTreeElement nte = new NodeTreeElement();
+    nte.offset = offset;
+    nte.nnodes = subsize;
+
+    nte.child0 = createNodeTree( values, offset, size1, nextbit >> 1, mask );
+    nte.child1 = createNodeTree( values, i, size2, nextbit >> 1, mask );
+    
+    return nte;
+  }
+  
+  public String toString()
+  {
+    return " child0=" + (child0 != null ) + " child1=" + (child1 != null );
+  }
+  
+}
diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/OsmNode.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/OsmNode.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9860af9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/OsmNode.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package btools.mapdecoder;
+
+public class OsmNode extends OsmObject
+{
+  public int ilon;
+  public int ilat;
+
+  public boolean inBBox( int z, int x, int y )
+  {
+    int shift = 28-z;
+    int x0 = x << shift;
+    int x1 = (x+1) << shift;
+    int y0 = y << shift;
+    int y1 = (y+1) << shift;
+    boolean outofbox = x1 < ilon || x0 >= ilon  || y1 < ilat || y0 >= ilat;
+    return !outofbox;
+  }
+
+  public static double gudermannian(double y)
+  {
+    return Math.atan(Math.sinh(y)) * (180. / Math.PI);
+  }
+ 
+  public double getLon()
+  {
+    return (((double)ilon)/( 1L << 27 ) - 1.)*180.;
+  }
+  
+  public double getLat()
+  {
+    double y = (1. - ((double)ilat)/( 1L << 27 ))*Math.PI;
+    return gudermannian(y);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/OsmObject.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/OsmObject.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4636c5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/OsmObject.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package btools.mapdecoder;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * Base class of Nodes, Ways and Relations
+ */
+public class OsmObject
+{
+  public int id;
+  public Map<String,String> tags;
+}
diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/OsmRelation.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/OsmRelation.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9dcecf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/OsmRelation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+package btools.mapdecoder;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class OsmRelation extends OsmObject
+{
+  public List<OsmRelationMember> members;
+
+  // bounding box
+  int minx;
+  int miny;
+  int maxx;
+  int maxy;
+
+  public void calcBBox()
+  {
+    for( int i=0; i<members.size(); i++ )
+    {
+      OsmWay w = members.get(i).way;
+      if ( i == 0 )
+      {
+        minx = w.minx;
+        maxx = w.maxx;
+        miny = w.miny;
+        maxy = w.maxy;
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        if ( w.minx < minx ) minx = w.minx;
+        if ( w.maxx > maxx ) maxx = w.maxx;
+        if ( w.miny < miny ) miny = w.miny;
+        if ( w.maxy > maxy ) maxy = w.maxy;
+      }              
+    }
+  }
+ 
+  public boolean inBBox( int z, int x, int y )
+  {
+    int shift = 28-z;
+    int x0 = x << shift;
+    int x1 = (x+1) << shift;
+    int y0 = y << shift;
+    int y1 = (y+1) << shift;
+    boolean outofbox = x1 < minx || x0 >= maxx  || y1 < miny || y0 >= maxy;
+    return !outofbox;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/OsmRelationMember.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/OsmRelationMember.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0639660
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/OsmRelationMember.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package btools.mapdecoder;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class OsmRelationMember extends OsmObject
+{
+  public OsmWay way;
+  public String role;
+}
diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/OsmTile.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/OsmTile.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae1a43c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/OsmTile.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package btools.mapdecoder;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Container for waydata on the preprocessor level
+ *
+ * @author ab
+ */
+public class OsmTile
+{
+  public OsmTile parent;
+  public long sourceId;
+
+  public int zoom;
+  public int x;
+  public int y;
+
+  private static List<OsmNode> emptyNodes = Collections.EMPTY_LIST;
+  private static List<OsmWay> emptyWays = Collections.EMPTY_LIST;
+  private static List<OsmRelation> emptyRelations = Collections.EMPTY_LIST;
+
+  public List<OsmNode> nodes = emptyNodes;
+  public List<OsmWay> ways = emptyWays;
+  public List<OsmRelation> relations = emptyRelations;
+  
+  public long[] nodePositions;
+  
+  
+  public String toString()
+  {
+    return "z=" + zoom+ " x=" + x + " y=" + y + " nodes=" + nodes.size() + " ways=" + ways.size() + " rels=" + relations.size();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/OsmWay.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/OsmWay.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e4a65a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/OsmWay.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package btools.mapdecoder;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class OsmWay extends OsmObject
+{
+  public List<OsmNode> nodes;
+
+  // bounding box
+  int minx;
+  int miny;
+  int maxx;
+  int maxy;
+
+  public void calcBBox()
+  {
+    for( int i=0; i<nodes.size(); i++ )
+    {
+      OsmNode n = nodes.get(i);
+      if ( i == 0 )
+      {
+        minx = maxx = n.ilon;
+        miny = maxy = n.ilat;
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        if ( n.ilon < minx ) minx = n.ilon;
+        if ( n.ilon > maxx ) maxx = n.ilon;
+        if ( n.ilat < miny ) miny = n.ilat;
+        if ( n.ilat > maxy ) maxy = n.ilat;
+      }              
+    }
+  }
+ 
+  public boolean inBBox( int z, int x, int y )
+  {
+    int shift = 28-z;
+    int x0 = x << shift;
+    int x1 = (x+1) << shift;
+    int y0 = y << shift;
+    int y1 = (y+1) << shift;
+    boolean outofbox = x1 < minx || x0 >= maxx  || y1 < miny || y0 >= maxy;
+    return !outofbox;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/TagSetDecoder.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/TagSetDecoder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9145c8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/TagSetDecoder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package btools.mapdecoder;
+
+/**
+ * Decoder for a set of tags
+ *
+ * Only tagsets detected at least twice
+ * have their own huffmann-codes, those
+ * detected only once are coded inline
+ */
+public final class TagSetDecoder extends HuffmannTreeDecoder<int[]>
+{
+  public TagSetDecoder( BitReadBuffer brb )
+  {
+    super( brb );
+  }
+
+  protected int[] decodeItem()
+  {
+    int tagcount = brb.decodeInt();
+    int[] data = new int[tagcount];
+    int lastIdx = -1;
+    for( int i=0; i<tagcount; i++ )
+    {
+      int idx = lastIdx + 1 + brb.decodeInt();
+      data[i] = idx;
+      lastIdx = idx;
+    }
+    return data;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/TagValueDecoder.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/TagValueDecoder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6fe715a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/TagValueDecoder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+package btools.mapdecoder;
+
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+/**
+ * Decoder for the list of tags and their value-trees
+ */
+public class TagValueDecoder
+{
+  private int nextStringStart = 0;
+  private byte[] textHeader;
+  private ArrayList<String> stringList;
+  private ArrayList<Tag> taglist;
+  private int roleIdx;
+
+  private String decodeString( BitReadBuffer brb )
+  {
+    boolean newIdx = brb.decodeBit();
+    if ( newIdx )
+    {
+      int slen = brb.decodeInt();
+      try
+      {
+        String s = new String( textHeader, nextStringStart, slen, "UTF8" );
+        nextStringStart += slen;
+        stringList.add( s );
+        return s;
+      }
+      catch( UnsupportedEncodingException uee )
+      {
+        throw new RuntimeException( uee );
+      }
+    }
+    int idx = (int)brb.decodeBounded( stringList.size()-1 );
+    return stringList.get( idx );
+  }
+  
+  private class Tag extends HuffmannTreeDecoder<String>
+  {
+    String name;
+    
+    Tag( BitReadBuffer brb, String tagName )
+    {
+      super( brb );
+      name = tagName;
+    }
+    
+    protected String decodeItem()
+    {
+      return decodeString( brb );
+    }
+  }
+
+  public TagValueDecoder( BitReadBuffer brb, byte[] textHeader )
+  {
+    this.textHeader = textHeader;
+    stringList = new ArrayList<String>();
+
+    int ntags = brb.decodeInt();
+    taglist = new ArrayList<Tag>();
+    for( int i=0; i<ntags; i++ )
+    {
+      String tagName = decodeString( brb );
+      taglist.add( new Tag( brb, tagName ) );
+      if ( "role".equals( tagName ) )
+      {
+        roleIdx = i;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  
+  public String getTagName( int idx )
+  {
+    return taglist.get(idx).name;
+  }
+
+  public String decodeValue( int tagIdx )
+  {
+    return taglist.get( tagIdx ).decode();
+  }
+
+  public String decodeRole()
+  {
+    return taglist.get( roleIdx ).decode();
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/TileDecoder.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/TileDecoder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f693e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapdecoder/TileDecoder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,207 @@
+package btools.mapdecoder;
+
+import java.io.DataInputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.zip.Inflater;
+
+/**
+ * TileEncoder decodes a compressed osm tile
+ */
+public class TileDecoder
+{
+  private TagSetDecoder tagSetDecoder;
+  private TagValueDecoder tagValueDecoder;
+
+  public static void main( String[] args ) throws Exception
+  {
+    OsmTile t = new TileDecoder().process( new File( args[0] ), null, Integer.parseInt( args[1] ), Integer.parseInt( args[2] ), Integer.parseInt( args[3] ) );
+    while( t != null )
+    {
+      System.out.println( "decoded: " + t );
+      t = t.parent;
+    }
+  }
+
+  public OsmTile process( File tileDir, OsmTile template, int zoom, int x, int y ) throws Exception
+  {
+    long sourceId = tileDir.getAbsolutePath().hashCode();
+  
+    // look for a match in the template
+    for( OsmTile tile = template; tile != null; tile = tile.parent )
+    {
+      if ( tile.zoom == zoom && tile.x == x && tile.y == y && tile.sourceId == sourceId )
+      {
+        return tile;
+      }
+    }
+  
+    OsmTile td = new OsmTile();
+    td.sourceId = sourceId;
+    td.zoom = zoom;
+    td.x = x;
+    td.y = y;
+    if ( zoom > 0 )
+    {
+      td.parent = new TileDecoder().process( tileDir, template, zoom-1, x >> 1, y >> 1 );
+    }
+
+    File file = new File( new File( tileDir, "" + zoom ), x + "_" + y + ".osb" );
+    if ( !file.exists() )
+    {
+      return td;
+    }
+
+    DataInputStream dis = new DataInputStream( new FileInputStream( file  ) );
+    int textHeaderLen = dis.readInt();
+    int textHeaderCompressedLen = dis.readInt();
+    byte[] textHeaderCompressed = new byte[textHeaderCompressedLen];
+    dis.readFully( textHeaderCompressed );
+    byte[] textHeader = new byte[textHeaderLen];
+
+    Inflater decompresser = new Inflater();
+    decompresser.setInput( textHeaderCompressed );
+    int rawlen = decompresser.inflate( textHeader );
+
+    int bufferLen = dis.readInt();
+    byte[] buffer = new byte[bufferLen];
+    dis.readFully( buffer );
+    BitReadBuffer brb = new BitReadBuffer( buffer );
+    dis.close();
+    
+    tagSetDecoder = new TagSetDecoder( brb );
+    tagValueDecoder = new TagValueDecoder( brb, textHeader );
+
+    // decode the node positions
+    td.nodePositions = brb.decodeSortedArray();
+    int nodecount = td.nodePositions.length;
+    td.nodes = new ArrayList<OsmNode>(nodecount);
+    
+    int shift = 56-2*zoom;
+    long offset = (encodeMorton( x ) << shift) +  (encodeMorton( y ) << (shift+1) );
+    
+    for ( int nidx = 0; nidx < nodecount; nidx++ )
+    {
+      OsmNode n = new OsmNode();
+      long z = offset + td.nodePositions[nidx];
+      n.id = nidx;
+      n.ilon = decodeMorton( z );
+      n.ilat = decodeMorton( z >> 1 );
+      td.nodes.add( n );
+    }
+    
+    LocaleIndexMapping indexMapping = new LocaleIndexMapping( td, brb );
+
+    // decode tagged nodes
+    long[] taggedIndexes = brb.decodeSortedArray();
+    int ntaggedNodes = taggedIndexes.length;
+    for( int tnidx=0; tnidx<ntaggedNodes; tnidx++ )
+    {
+      int idx = (int)taggedIndexes[tnidx];
+      td.nodes.get( idx ).tags = decodeTagValues();
+    }
+
+    // decode ways
+    long[] startIndexes = brb.decodeSortedArray();
+    int nways = startIndexes.length;
+
+    td.ways = new ArrayList<OsmWay>( nways );
+    for( int widx=0; widx<nways; widx++ )
+    {
+      OsmWay w = new OsmWay();
+      w.tags = decodeTagValues();
+      int[] nodeIndexes = decodeWayNodes( (int)startIndexes[widx], brb );
+      w.nodes = new ArrayList<OsmNode>( nodeIndexes.length );
+      for( int i=0; i<nodeIndexes.length; i++ )
+      {
+        w.nodes.add( indexMapping.nodeForLocaleIndex( nodeIndexes[i] ) );
+      }
+      w.calcBBox();
+      td.ways.add( w );
+    }
+
+    // decode relations
+    int nrels = brb.decodeInt();
+    td.relations = new ArrayList<OsmRelation>( nrels );
+    for( int ridx=0; ridx<nrels; ridx++ )
+    {
+      OsmRelation r = new OsmRelation();
+      r.tags = decodeTagValues();
+      
+      int nmembers = brb.decodeInt();
+      r.members = new ArrayList<OsmRelationMember>(nmembers);      
+      for( int midx = 0; midx<nmembers; midx++ )
+      {
+        OsmRelationMember m = new OsmRelationMember();
+        int zoomDelta = brb.decodeInt();
+        int nativeIndex = brb.decodeInt();
+        m.role = tagValueDecoder.decodeRole();
+        m.way = indexMapping.getWay( zoomDelta, nativeIndex );
+        r.members.add( m );
+      }
+      r.calcBBox();
+      td.relations.add( r );
+    }
+
+
+    return td;
+  }
+
+  private int[] decodeWayNodes( int startIdx, BitReadBuffer brb )
+  {
+    boolean closedPoly = brb.decodeBit();
+    int nnodes = brb.decodeInt() + 2;
+      
+    int[] ids = new int[ closedPoly ? nnodes+1 : nnodes ];
+    int lastIdx = startIdx;
+    ids[0] = startIdx;
+    for( int i=1; i<nnodes; i++ )
+    {
+      boolean negative = brb.decodeBit();
+      int delta = (int)brb.decodeLong() + 1;
+      ids[i] = lastIdx = lastIdx + (negative ? -delta : delta );
+    }
+    if ( closedPoly )
+    {
+      ids[nnodes] = startIdx;
+    }
+    return ids;
+  }  
+
+  private HashMap<String,String> decodeTagValues()
+  {
+    HashMap<String,String> map = new HashMap<String,String>();
+    int[] tagSet = tagSetDecoder.decode();
+    for( int i=0; i<tagSet.length; i++ )
+    {
+      int tagIdx = tagSet[i];
+      String key = tagValueDecoder.getTagName( tagIdx );
+      String value = tagValueDecoder.decodeValue( tagIdx );
+      map.put( key, value );
+    }
+    return map;
+  }
+
+
+  public static int decodeMorton( long z )
+  {
+    long x = z         & 0x5555555555555555L;
+    x = (x | (x >> 1)) & 0x3333333333333333L;
+    x = (x | (x >> 2)) & 0x0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0FL;
+    x = (x | (x >> 4)) & 0x00FF00FF00FF00FFL;
+    x = (x | (x >> 8)) & 0x0000FFFF0000FFFFL;
+    return (int)(x | (x >> 16));
+  }
+  public static long encodeMorton( int x )
+  {
+   long z = x & 0xFFFFFFFFL;
+    z = (z | (z << 16)) & 0x0000FFFF0000FFFFL;
+    z = (z | (z <<  8)) & 0x00FF00FF00FF00FFL;
+    z = (z | (z <<  4)) & 0x0F0F0F0F0F0F0F0FL;
+    z = (z | (z <<  2)) & 0x3333333333333333L;
+    return (z|(z << 1)) & 0x5555555555555555L;
+  }
+ 
+}
diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/BitWriteBuffer.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/BitWriteBuffer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6fe54d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/BitWriteBuffer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,231 @@
+package btools.mapsplitter;
+
+import java.util.TreeMap;
+
+
+public final class BitWriteBuffer
+{
+  private static TreeMap<String, long[]> statsPerName;
+  private long lastbitpos = 0;
+
+  private byte[] ab;
+  private int idxMax;
+  private int idx = -1;
+  private int bm = 0x100; // byte mask (write mode)
+  private int b;
+
+  public BitWriteBuffer( byte[] ab )
+  {
+    this.ab = ab;
+    idxMax = ab.length-1;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * encode a distance with a variable bit length
+   * (poor mans huffman tree)
+   * 1 -> 0
+   * 01 -> 1 + following 1-bit word ( 1..2 )
+   * 001 -> 3 + following 2-bit word ( 3..6 )
+   * 0001 -> 7 + following 3-bit word ( 7..14 ) etc.
+   * 
+   * @see #decodeVarBits
+   */
+  public void encodeInt( int value )
+  {
+    int range = 0;
+    while (value > range)
+    {
+      encodeBit( false );
+      value -= range + 1;
+      range = 2 * range + 1;
+    }
+    
+    encodeBit( true );
+    encodeBounded( range, value );
+  }
+
+  public void encodeLong( long n )
+  {
+    int maxbit = 0;
+    long nn = n + 1L;
+    while( nn > 1L )
+    {
+      maxbit++;
+      nn >>= 1;
+    }
+    encodeInt( maxbit );
+    long range = 1 << maxbit;
+    encodeBounded( range-1L, n + 1L -range );
+  }
+
+  public void encodeBit( boolean value )
+  {
+    if ( bm == 0x100 )
+    {
+      bm = 1;
+      ab[++idx] = 0;
+    }
+    if ( value )
+      ab[idx] |= bm;
+    bm <<= 1;
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * encode an integer in the range 0..max (inclusive).
+   * For max = 2^n-1, this just encodes n bits, but in general
+   * this is variable length encoding, with the shorter codes
+   * for the central value range
+   */
+  public void encodeBounded( long max, long value )
+  {
+    long im = 1L; // integer mask
+    while (im <= max)
+    {
+      if ( bm == 0x100 )
+      {
+        bm = 1;
+        ab[++idx] = 0;
+      }
+      if ( ( value & im ) != 0 )
+      {
+        ab[idx] |= bm;
+        max -= im;
+      }
+      bm <<= 1;
+      im <<= 1;
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @return the encoded length in bytes
+   */
+  public int getEncodedLength()
+  {
+    return idx + 1;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @return the encoded length in bits
+   */
+  public long getWritingBitPosition()
+  {
+    long bitpos = idx << 3;
+    int m = bm;
+    while (m > 1)
+    {
+      bitpos++;
+      m >>= 1;
+    }
+    return bitpos;
+  }
+
+  public void encodeSortedArray( long[] values )
+  {
+    int size = values.length;
+    encodeInt( size );
+    if ( size == 0 )
+    {
+      return;
+    }      
+    long maxValue = values[size-1];
+    int nbits = 0;
+    while ( maxValue > 0 )
+    {
+      nbits++;
+      maxValue >>= 1;
+    }
+    if ( nbits > 57 ) throw new IllegalArgumentException( "encodeSortedArray accepts 57-bit numbers at max" );
+    encodeInt( nbits );
+    encodeSortedArray( values, 0, size, ( 1L << nbits ) >> 1, 0L );
+  }
+
+  private void encodeSortedArray( long[] values, int offset, int subsize, long nextbit, long mask )
+  {
+    if ( subsize == 1 ) // last-choice shortcut
+    {
+      long bit = 1L;
+      while ( bit <= nextbit )
+      {
+        encodeBit( ( values[offset] & bit ) != 0 );
+        bit <<= 1;
+      }
+      return;
+    }
+    if ( nextbit == 0 )
+    {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    long data = mask & values[offset];
+    mask |= nextbit;
+
+    // count 0-bit-fraction
+    int i = offset;
+    int end = subsize + offset;
+    for ( ; i < end; i++ )
+    {
+      if ( ( values[i] & mask ) != data )
+      {
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    int size1 = i - offset;
+    int size2 = subsize - size1;
+
+    encodeBounded( subsize, size2 );
+    if ( size1 > 0 )
+    {
+      encodeSortedArray( values, offset, size1, nextbit >> 1, mask );
+    }
+    if ( size2 > 0 )
+    {
+      encodeSortedArray( values, i, size2, nextbit >> 1, mask );
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * assign the de-/encoded bits since the last call assignBits to the given
+   * name. Used for encoding statistics
+   * 
+   * @see #getBitReport
+   */
+  public void assignBits( String name )
+  {
+    long bitpos = getWritingBitPosition();
+    if ( statsPerName == null )
+    {
+      statsPerName = new TreeMap<String, long[]>();
+    }
+    long[] stats = statsPerName.get( name );
+    if ( stats == null )
+    {
+      stats = new long[2];
+      statsPerName.put( name, stats );
+    }
+    stats[0] += bitpos - lastbitpos;
+    stats[1] += 1;
+    lastbitpos = bitpos;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get a textual report on the bit-statistics
+   * 
+   * @see #assignBits
+   */
+  public static String getBitReport()
+  {
+    if ( statsPerName == null )
+    {
+      return "<empty bit report>";
+    }
+    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+    for ( String name : statsPerName.keySet() )
+    {
+      long[] stats = statsPerName.get( name );
+      sb.append( name + " count=" + stats[1] + " bits=" + stats[0] + "\n" );
+    }
+    statsPerName = null;
+    return sb.toString();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/CharEncoder.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/CharEncoder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b346b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/CharEncoder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+package btools.mapsplitter;
+
+import java.util.TreeMap;
+
+/**
+ * Encoder for characters, using simple (1st order) huffmann
+ */
+public final class CharEncoder extends HuffmanTreeEncoder<Character>
+{
+  private long[] alphabet;
+  private int range;
+
+  private TreeMap<Character,Integer> chars = new TreeMap<Character,Integer>();
+
+  public void encode( Character c )
+  {
+    if ( pass == 1 )
+    {
+      chars.put( c, null );
+    }
+    super.encode( c );
+  }
+
+  public void encodeDictionary( BitWriteBuffer bwb )
+  {
+    if ( pass == 1 ) // means 2...
+    {
+      int idx = 0;
+      alphabet = new long[chars.size()];
+      range = chars.size()-1;
+      for ( Character c : chars.keySet() )
+      {
+System.out.println( "assigning index " + idx + " to char=" + c );      
+        alphabet[idx] = c;
+        chars.put( c, Integer.valueOf( idx++ ) );
+      }
+    }
+    if ( alphabet != null )
+    {
+      bwb.encodeSortedArray( alphabet );
+    }
+    super.encodeDictionary( bwb );
+  }
+
+  protected void encodeItem( Character c )
+  {
+     int idx = chars.get( c ).intValue();
+System.out.println( "encoding item: c=" + c + " idx=" + idx );
+     bwb.encodeBounded( range, idx );
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean itemEquals( Character c1, Character c2 )
+  {
+    if ( c1 == null )
+    {
+      return c2 == null;
+    }
+    if ( c2 == null )
+    {
+      return false;
+    }
+    return c1.charValue() == c2.charValue();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public int itemHashCode( Character c)
+  {
+    return c == 0 ? 0 : c.charValue();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/HuffmanTreeEncoder.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/HuffmanTreeEncoder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35bf4bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/HuffmanTreeEncoder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+package btools.mapsplitter;
+
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.PriorityQueue;
+
+/**
+ * Encoder for a set of tags
+ *
+ * It detects identical sets and sorts them
+ * into a huffman-tree according to their frequencies
+ *
+ * Adapted for 3-pass encoding (counters -> statistics -> encoding )
+ * but doesn't do anything at pass1
+ */
+public abstract class HuffmanTreeEncoder<V>
+{
+  private HashMap<TreeNode, TreeNode> identityMap;
+  protected BitWriteBuffer bwb;
+  protected int pass;
+  private TreeNode freq1;
+
+  public void encode( V data )
+  {
+    if ( pass == 1 )
+    {
+      return;
+    }
+    TreeNode probe = new TreeNode();
+    probe.data = data;
+    TreeNode tn = identityMap.get( probe );
+    if ( pass == 3 )
+    {
+      if ( tn.frequency == 1 )
+      {
+        bwb.encodeBounded( freq1.range - 1, freq1.code );
+        encodeItem( data );
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        bwb.encodeBounded( tn.range - 1, tn.code );
+      }
+    }
+    else if ( pass == 2 )
+    {
+      if ( tn == null )
+      {
+        tn = probe;
+        identityMap.put( tn, tn );
+      }
+      tn.frequency++;
+    }
+  }
+
+  public void encodeDictionary( BitWriteBuffer bwb )
+  {
+    this.bwb = bwb;
+    if ( ++pass == 3 )
+    {
+      freq1 = new TreeNode();
+      PriorityQueue<TreeNode> queue = new PriorityQueue<TreeNode>(2*identityMap.size(), new Comparator<TreeNode>()
+      {
+        @Override
+        public int compare(TreeNode tn1, TreeNode tn2)
+        {
+          if ( tn1.frequency < tn2.frequency )
+            return -1;
+          if ( tn1.frequency > tn2.frequency )
+            return 1;
+          return 0;
+        }
+      } );
+      queue.add( freq1 );
+      while (queue.size() > 1)
+      {
+        TreeNode node = new TreeNode();
+        node.child1 = queue.poll();
+        node.child2 = queue.poll();
+        node.frequency = node.child1.frequency + node.child2.frequency;
+        queue.add( node );
+      }
+      TreeNode root = queue.poll();
+      root.encode( 1, 0 );
+    }
+  }
+
+  public HuffmanTreeEncoder()
+  {
+    identityMap = new HashMap<TreeNode, TreeNode>();
+  }
+
+  protected abstract void encodeItem( V data );
+
+  protected abstract boolean itemEquals( V i1, V i2 );
+
+  protected abstract int itemHashCode( V i);
+
+  public final class TreeNode
+  {
+    public V data;
+    public int frequency;
+    public int code;
+    public int range;
+    public TreeNode child1;
+    public TreeNode child2;
+
+    public void encode( int range, int code )
+    {
+      this.range = range;
+      this.code = code;
+      boolean isNode = child1 != null;
+      bwb.encodeBit( isNode );
+      if ( isNode )
+      {
+        child1.encode( range << 1, code );
+        child2.encode( range << 1, code + range );
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        bwb.encodeBit( data == null );
+        if ( data != null )
+        {
+          encodeItem( data );
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals( Object o )
+    {      
+      return itemEquals( ((TreeNode)o).data, data );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode()
+    {
+      return itemHashCode( data );
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/MapCreatorBase.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/MapCreatorBase.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41b24f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/MapCreatorBase.java
@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+/**
+ * common base class for the map-filters
+ *
+ * @author ab
+ */
+package btools.mapsplitter;
+
+import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
+import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
+import java.io.DataInputStream;
+import java.io.DataOutputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+
+import btools.util.DiffCoderDataOutputStream;
+
+public abstract class MapCreatorBase implements WayListener, NodeListener, RelationListener
+{
+  private DiffCoderDataOutputStream[] tileOutStreams;
+  protected File outTileDir;
+
+  protected HashMap<String,String> tags;
+
+  public void putTag( String key, String value )
+  {
+    if ( tags == null ) tags = new HashMap<String,String>();
+    tags.put( key, value );
+  }
+
+  public String getTag( String key )
+  {
+    return tags == null ? null : tags.get( key );
+  }
+
+  public HashMap<String,String> getTagsOrNull()
+  {
+    return tags;
+  }
+
+  public void setTags( HashMap<String,String> tags )
+  {
+    this.tags = tags;
+  }
+
+  protected static long readId( DataInputStream is) throws IOException
+  {
+      int offset = is.readByte();
+      if ( offset == 32 ) return -1;
+      long i = is.readInt();
+      i = i << 5;
+      return i | offset;
+  }
+
+  protected static void writeId( DataOutputStream o, long id ) throws IOException
+  {
+      if ( id == -1 )
+      {
+        o.writeByte( 32 );
+        return;
+      }
+      int offset = (int)( id & 0x1f );
+      int i = (int)( id >> 5 );
+      o.writeByte( offset );
+      o.writeInt( i );
+  }
+
+
+ protected static File[] sortBySizeAsc( File[] files )
+ {
+   int n = files.length;
+   long[] sizes = new long[n];
+   File[] sorted = new File[n];
+   for( int i=0; i<n; i++ ) sizes[i] = files[i].length();
+   for(int nf=0; nf<n; nf++)
+   {
+     int idx = -1;
+     long min = -1;
+     for( int i=0; i<n; i++ )
+     {
+       if ( sizes[i] != -1 && ( idx == -1 || sizes[i] < min ) )
+       {
+         min = sizes[i];
+         idx = i;
+       }
+     }
+     sizes[idx] = -1;
+     sorted[nf] = files[idx];
+   }
+   return sorted;
+ }
+
+ protected File fileFromTemplate( File template, File dir, String suffix )
+ {
+    String filename = template.getName();
+    filename = filename.substring( 0, filename.length() - 3 ) + suffix;
+    return new File( dir, filename );
+ }
+
+ protected DataInputStream createInStream( File inFile ) throws IOException
+ {
+   return new DataInputStream( new BufferedInputStream ( new FileInputStream( inFile ) ) );
+ }
+
+ protected DiffCoderDataOutputStream createOutStream( File outFile ) throws IOException
+ {
+   return new DiffCoderDataOutputStream( new BufferedOutputStream( new FileOutputStream( outFile ) ) );
+ }
+
+  protected DiffCoderDataOutputStream getOutStreamForTile( int tileIndex ) throws Exception
+  {
+    if ( tileOutStreams == null )
+    {
+      tileOutStreams = new DiffCoderDataOutputStream[64];
+    }
+
+    if ( tileOutStreams[tileIndex] == null )
+    {
+      tileOutStreams[tileIndex] = createOutStream( new File( outTileDir, getNameForTile( tileIndex ) ) );
+    }
+    return tileOutStreams[tileIndex];
+  }
+
+  protected String getNameForTile( int tileIndex )
+  {
+    throw new IllegalArgumentException( "getNameForTile not implemented" );
+  }
+
+  protected void closeTileOutStreams() throws Exception
+  {
+    if ( tileOutStreams == null )
+    {
+      return;
+    }
+    for( int tileIndex=0; tileIndex<tileOutStreams.length; tileIndex++ )
+    {
+      if ( tileOutStreams[tileIndex] != null ) tileOutStreams[tileIndex].close();
+      tileOutStreams[tileIndex] = null;
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  // interface dummys
+
+  @Override
+  public void nodeFileStart( File nodefile ) throws Exception {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void nextNode( NodeData n ) throws Exception {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void nodeFileEnd( File nodefile ) throws Exception {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void wayFileStart( File wayfile ) throws Exception {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void nextWay( WayData data ) throws Exception {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void wayFileEnd( File wayfile ) throws Exception {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void relationFileStart( File relfile ) throws Exception {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void nextRelation( RelationData data ) throws Exception {}
+
+  @Override
+  public void relationFileEnd( File relfile ) throws Exception {}
+}
diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/NodeData.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/NodeData.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8cd83a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/NodeData.java
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+package btools.mapsplitter;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import btools.util.DiffCoderDataInputStream;
+import btools.util.DiffCoderDataOutputStream;
+
+/**
+ * Container for node data on the preprocessor level
+ *
+ * @author ab
+ */
+public class NodeData extends MapCreatorBase
+{
+  public long nid;
+  public int ilon;
+  public int ilat;
+  public byte[] description;
+  public short selev = Short.MIN_VALUE;
+
+  public long gid; // geo-id
+ 
+  public int zoom = -1; // the zoom level this node is on
+  public int nativeIndex; // the index along all NATIVE nodes of it's tile
+  
+  public transient int localeIndex; // the index along all USED nodes of it's tile
+  public transient boolean used; // whether this node is used by a way
+
+  public NodeData( long id, double lon, double lat )
+  {
+    nid = id;
+    double y = gudermannianInv( lat );
+    ilat = (int)( (1.-y/Math.PI )*( 1L << 27 )+ 0.5);
+    ilon = (int)( ( lon/180. + 1. )*( 1L << 27 ) + 0.5 );
+  }
+
+  public NodeData( long id, int ilon, int ilat )
+  {
+    this.nid = id;
+    this.ilat =  ilat;
+    this.ilon =  ilon;
+  }
+
+  public boolean inBBox( int z, int x, int y )
+  {
+    int shift = 28-z;
+    int x0 = x << shift;
+    int x1 = (x+1) << shift;
+    int y0 = y << shift;
+    int y1 = (y+1) << shift;
+    boolean outofbox = x1 < ilon || x0 >= ilon  || y1 < ilat || y0 >= ilat;
+    return !outofbox;
+  }
+
+  public static double gudermannianInv(double latitude)
+  {
+    double sign = latitude < 0. ? -1. : 1.;
+    double sin = Math.sin( latitude * (Math.PI / 180.) * sign);
+    return sign * (Math.log((1.0 + sin) / (1.0 - sin)) / 2.0);
+  }
+
+  public static double gudermannian(double y)
+  {
+    return Math.atan(Math.sinh(y)) * (180. / Math.PI);
+  }
+ 
+
+  public double getLon()
+  {
+    return (((double)ilon)/( 1L << 27 ) - 1.)*180.;
+  }
+  
+  public double getLat()
+  {
+    double y = (1. - ((double)ilat)/( 1L << 27 ))*Math.PI;
+    return gudermannian(y);
+  }
+
+  public void calcGeoId()
+  {
+    if ( zoom < 0 ) throw new IllegalArgumentException( "no zoom level yet" );
+  
+    gid = 0L;
+
+    for( long bm = 1L << (27-zoom); bm > 0; bm >>= 1 )
+    {
+      gid <<= 2;
+      if ( ( ilon & bm ) != 0 ) gid |= 1;
+      if ( ( ilat & bm ) != 0 ) gid |= 2;
+    }
+  }
+  
+  public static void sortByGeoId( List<NodeData> nodes )
+  {
+    Collections.sort( nodes, new Comparator<NodeData>()
+    {
+      @Override
+      public int compare(NodeData n1, NodeData n2)
+      {
+        long d = n1.gid - n2.gid;
+        
+        // for equal positions sort by nid
+        if ( d == 0L )
+        {
+          d = n1.nid - n2.nid;
+        }
+        return d == 0 ? 0 : ( d < 0 ? -1 : 1 );
+      }
+    } );
+
+  }
+
+  public NodeData( DiffCoderDataInputStream dis ) throws Exception
+  {
+    zoom = dis.readInt();
+    nativeIndex = dis.readInt();
+    nid  = dis.readDiffed( 0 );
+    ilon = (int)dis.readDiffed( 1 );
+    ilat = (int)dis.readDiffed( 2 );
+    for (;;)
+    {
+      String key = dis.readUTF();
+      if ( key.length() == 0 ) break;
+      String value = dis.readUTF();
+      putTag( key, value );
+    }
+  }
+
+  public void writeTo( DiffCoderDataOutputStream dos ) throws Exception  
+  {
+    dos.writeInt( zoom );
+    dos.writeInt( nativeIndex );
+    dos.writeDiffed( nid,  0 );
+    dos.writeDiffed( ilon, 1 );
+    dos.writeDiffed( ilat, 2 );
+    if ( getTagsOrNull() != null )
+    {
+      for( Map.Entry<String,String> me : getTagsOrNull().entrySet() )
+      {
+        if ( me.getKey().length() > 0 )
+        {
+          dos.writeUTF( me.getKey() );
+          dos.writeUTF( me.getValue() );
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    dos.writeUTF( "" );
+  }
+
+  private int mercatorLon( long x, long z )
+  {
+    return (int) ( ( 360000000L * x ) >> z );
+  }
+
+  private int mercatorLat( long y, long z )
+  {
+    double n = Math.PI - ( 2.0 * Math.PI * y ) / ( 1L << z );
+    double d = Math.toDegrees( Math.atan( Math.sinh( n ) ) );
+    return (int) ( ( d + 90. ) * 1000000. + 0.5 );
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean equals( Object o )
+  {
+    if ( o instanceof NodeData )
+    {
+      NodeData n = (NodeData) o;
+      return n.nid == nid;
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public int hashCode()
+  {
+    return (int)((nid >> 32) ^ nid);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/NodeIterator.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/NodeIterator.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f11152
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/NodeIterator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+package btools.mapsplitter;
+
+import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
+import java.io.EOFException;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+
+import btools.util.DiffCoderDataInputStream;
+
+/**
+ * Iterate over a singe nodefile or a directory
+ * of nodetiles and feed the nodes to the callback listener
+ *
+ * @author ab
+ */
+public class NodeIterator extends MapCreatorBase
+{
+  private NodeListener listener;
+
+  public NodeIterator( NodeListener nodeListener )
+  {
+    listener = nodeListener;
+  }
+
+  public void processDir( File indir, String inSuffix ) throws Exception
+  {
+    if ( !indir.isDirectory() )
+    {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException( "not a directory: " + indir );
+    }
+
+    File[] af = sortBySizeAsc( indir.listFiles() );
+    for( int i=0; i<af.length; i++ )
+    {
+      File nodefile = af[i];
+      if ( nodefile.getName().endsWith( inSuffix ) )
+      {
+        processFile( nodefile );
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  public void processFile(File nodefile) throws Exception
+  {
+    System.out.println( "*** NodeIterator reading: " + nodefile );
+
+    listener.nodeFileStart( nodefile );
+
+    DiffCoderDataInputStream di = new DiffCoderDataInputStream( new BufferedInputStream ( new FileInputStream( nodefile ) ) );
+    try
+    {
+      for(;;)
+      {
+        NodeData n = new NodeData( di );
+        listener.nextNode( n );
+      }
+    }
+    catch( EOFException eof )
+    {
+      di.close();
+    }
+    listener.nodeFileEnd( nodefile );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/NodeListener.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/NodeListener.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60daefe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/NodeListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package btools.mapsplitter;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+/**
+ * Callbacklistener for NodeIterator
+ *
+ * @author ab
+ */
+public interface NodeListener
+{
+  void nodeFileStart( File nodefile ) throws Exception;
+
+  void nextNode( NodeData data ) throws Exception;
+
+  void nodeFileEnd( File nodefile ) throws Exception;
+}
diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/OsmParser2.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/OsmParser2.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..175487a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/OsmParser2.java
@@ -0,0 +1,248 @@
+package btools.mapsplitter;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream;
+
+import btools.util.LongList;
+
+/**
+ * Parser for OSM data
+ *
+ * @author ab
+ */
+public class OsmParser2 extends MapCreatorBase
+{
+  private BufferedReader _br;
+
+  private NodeListener nListener;
+  private WayListener wListener;
+  private RelationListener rListener;
+
+  public void readMap( File mapFile,
+                        NodeListener nListener,
+                        WayListener wListener,
+                        RelationListener rListener ) throws Exception
+  {
+ 
+    this.nListener = nListener;
+    this.wListener = wListener;
+    this.rListener = rListener;
+
+    if ( mapFile == null )
+    {
+      _br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in, "UTF8" ));
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      if ( mapFile.getName().endsWith( ".gz" ) )
+      {
+        _br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader( new GZIPInputStream( new FileInputStream( mapFile ) ),"UTF8" ) );
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        _br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader( new FileInputStream( mapFile ) , "UTF8" )  );
+      }
+    }
+
+    for(;;)
+    {
+      String line = _br.readLine();
+      if ( line == null ) break;
+
+      if ( checkNode( line ) ) continue;
+      if ( checkWay( line ) ) continue;
+      if ( checkRelation( line ) ) continue;
+      if ( checkChangeset( line ) ) continue;
+    }
+
+    if ( mapFile != null )
+    {
+      _br.close();
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  private boolean checkNode( String line ) throws Exception
+  {
+    int idx0 = line.indexOf( "<node id=\"" );
+    if ( idx0 < 0 ) return false;
+    idx0 += 10;
+    int idx1 = line.indexOf( '"', idx0 );
+
+    long nodeId = Long.parseLong( line.substring( idx0, idx1 ) );
+
+    int idx2 = line.indexOf( " lat=\"" );
+    if ( idx2 < 0 ) return false;
+    idx2 += 6;
+    int idx3 = line.indexOf( '"', idx2 );
+    double lat = Double.parseDouble( line.substring( idx2, idx3 ) );
+    int idx4 = line.indexOf( " lon=\"" );
+    if ( idx4 < 0 ) return false;
+    idx4 += 6;
+    int idx5 = line.indexOf( '"', idx4 );
+    double lon = Double.parseDouble( line.substring( idx4, idx5 ) );
+
+    NodeData n = new NodeData( nodeId, lon, lat );
+
+    if ( !line.endsWith( "/>" ) )
+    {
+      // read additional tags
+      for(;;)
+      {
+        String l2 = _br.readLine();
+        if ( l2 == null ) return false;
+
+        int i2;
+        if ( (i2 = l2.indexOf( "<tag k=\"" )) >= 0 )
+        { // property-tag
+          i2 += 8;
+          int ri2 =  l2.indexOf( '"', i2 );
+          String key = l2.substring( i2, ri2 );
+          i2 = l2.indexOf( " v=\"", ri2 );
+          if ( i2 >= 0 )
+          {
+            i2 += 4;
+            int ri3 = l2.indexOf( '"', i2 );
+            String value = l2.substring( i2, ri3 );
+
+            n.putTag( key, value );
+          }
+        }
+        else if ( l2.indexOf( "</node>" ) >= 0 )
+        { // end-tag
+           break;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    nListener.nextNode( n );
+    return true;
+  }
+
+
+  private boolean checkWay( String line ) throws Exception
+  {
+    int idx0 = line.indexOf( "<way id=\"" );
+    if ( idx0 < 0 ) return false;
+
+    idx0 += 9;
+    int idx1 = line.indexOf( '"', idx0 );
+    long id = Long.parseLong( line.substring( idx0, idx1 ) );
+
+    WayData w = new WayData( id );
+
+    // read the nodes
+    for(;;)
+    {
+      String l2 = _br.readLine();
+      if ( l2 == null ) return false;
+
+      int i2;
+      if ( (i2 = l2.indexOf( "<nd ref=\"" )) >= 0 )
+      { // node reference
+        i2 += 9;
+        int ri2 =  l2.indexOf( '"', i2 );
+        long nid = Long.parseLong( l2.substring( i2, ri2 ) );
+        w.nodes.add( nid );
+      }
+      else if ( (i2 = l2.indexOf( "<tag k=\"" )) >= 0 )
+      { // property-tag
+        i2 += 8;
+        int ri2 =  l2.indexOf( '"', i2 );
+        String key = l2.substring( i2, ri2 );
+        i2 = l2.indexOf( " v=\"", ri2 );
+        if ( i2 >= 0 )
+        {
+          i2 += 4;
+          int ri3 = l2.indexOf( '"', i2 );
+          String value = l2.substring( i2, ri3 );
+          w.putTag( key, value );
+        }
+      }
+      else if ( l2.indexOf( "</way>" ) >= 0 )
+      { // end-tag
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    wListener.nextWay( w );
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  private boolean checkChangeset( String line ) throws Exception
+  {
+    int idx0 = line.indexOf( "<changeset id=\"" );
+    if ( idx0 < 0 ) return false;
+
+    if ( !line.endsWith( "/>" ) )
+    {
+        int loopcheck = 0;
+        for(;;)
+        {
+            String l2 = _br.readLine();
+            if ( l2.indexOf("</changeset>") >= 0 || ++loopcheck > 10000 ) break;
+        }
+    }
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  private boolean checkRelation( String line ) throws Exception
+  {
+    int idx0 = line.indexOf( "<relation id=\"" );
+    if ( idx0 < 0 ) return false;
+
+    idx0 += 14;
+    int idx1 = line.indexOf( '"', idx0 );
+    long rid = Long.parseLong( line.substring( idx0, idx1 ) );
+
+    LongList wayIds = new LongList( 16 );
+    List<String> roles = new ArrayList<String>(16);
+    RelationData r = new RelationData( rid, wayIds, roles );
+
+    // read the nodes
+    for(;;)
+    {
+      String l2 = _br.readLine();
+      if ( l2 == null ) return false;
+
+      int i2;
+      if ( (i2 = l2.indexOf( "<member type=\"way\" ref=\"" )) >= 0 )  // <member type="relation" ref="452156" role="backward"/>
+      { // node reference
+        i2 += 24;
+        int ri2 =  l2.indexOf( '"', i2 );
+        long wid = Long.parseLong( l2.substring( i2, ri2 ) );
+        
+        int role1 = ri2 + 8;
+        int role2 = l2.indexOf( '"', role1 );
+        String role = l2.substring( role1, role2 );
+
+        r.ways.add( wid );
+        r.roles.add( role );
+      }
+      else if ( (i2 = l2.indexOf( "<tag k=\"" )) >= 0 )
+      { // property-tag
+        i2 += 8;
+        int ri2 =  l2.indexOf( '"', i2 );
+        String key = l2.substring( i2, ri2 );
+        i2 = l2.indexOf( " v=\"", ri2 );
+        if ( i2 >= 0 )
+        {
+          i2 += 4;
+          int ri3 = l2.indexOf( '"', i2 );
+          String value = l2.substring( i2, ri3 );
+          r.putTag( key, value );
+        }
+      }
+      else if ( l2.indexOf( "</relation>" ) >= 0 )
+      { // end-tag
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    rListener.nextRelation( r );
+    return true;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/OsmSplitter.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/OsmSplitter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d30f115
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/OsmSplitter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/**
+ * This program
+ * - reads an *.osm from stdin
+ * - writes zoom 0 tiles
+ *
+ * @author ab
+ */
+package btools.mapsplitter;
+
+import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
+import java.io.DataOutputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+
+import btools.util.DiffCoderDataOutputStream;
+
+public class OsmSplitter extends MapCreatorBase
+{
+  private long recordCnt;
+  private long nodesParsed;
+  private long waysParsed;
+  private long relsParsed;
+  private long changesetsParsed;
+
+  private DataOutputStream wayDos;
+  private DataOutputStream relDos;
+  private DiffCoderDataOutputStream nodeDos;
+
+  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
+  {
+    System.out.println("*** OsmSplitter : transform an osm map to zoom 0 tiles");
+    if (args.length != 2)
+    {
+      System.out.println("usage : java OsmSplitter <tile-dir> <inputfile> ");
+      return;
+    }
+
+    new OsmSplitter().process(
+                   new File( args[0] )
+                 , new File( args[1] )
+                		 );
+  }
+
+  public void process (File outTileDir, File mapFile ) throws Exception
+  {
+    if ( !outTileDir.isDirectory() ) throw new RuntimeException( "out tile directory " + outTileDir + " does not exist" );
+
+    File z0 = new File( outTileDir, "0" );
+    z0.mkdirs();
+    File ways = new File( z0, "0_0.wtl" );
+    File nodes = new File( z0, "0_0.ntl" );
+    File rels = new File( z0, "0_0.rtl" );
+
+    wayDos = new DataOutputStream( new BufferedOutputStream( new FileOutputStream( ways ) ) );
+    relDos = new DataOutputStream( new BufferedOutputStream( new FileOutputStream( rels ) ) );
+    nodeDos = new DiffCoderDataOutputStream( new BufferedOutputStream( new FileOutputStream( nodes ) ) );
+
+    // read the osm map into memory
+    long t0 = System.currentTimeMillis();
+    new OsmParser2().readMap( mapFile, this, this, this );
+    long t1 = System.currentTimeMillis();
+    
+    System.out.println( "parsing time (ms) =" + (t1-t0) );
+
+    // close all files
+    wayDos.close();
+    nodeDos.close();
+
+    System.out.println( statsLine() );
+  }
+
+  private void checkStats()
+  {
+    if ( (++recordCnt % 100000) == 0 ) System.out.println( statsLine() );
+  }
+
+  private String statsLine()
+  {
+    return "records read: " + recordCnt + " nodes=" + nodesParsed + " ways=" + waysParsed + " rels=" + relsParsed + " changesets=" + changesetsParsed;
+  }
+
+
+  @Override
+  public void nextNode( NodeData n ) throws Exception
+  {
+    nodesParsed++;
+    checkStats();
+    n.writeTo( nodeDos );
+  }
+
+
+  @Override
+  public void nextWay( WayData w ) throws Exception
+  {
+    waysParsed++;
+    checkStats();
+    
+    w.writeTo( wayDos );
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void nextRelation( RelationData r ) throws Exception
+  {
+    relsParsed++;
+    checkStats();
+    
+    r.writeTo( relDos );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/RelationData.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/RelationData.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c90ca02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/RelationData.java
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+package btools.mapsplitter;
+
+import java.io.DataInputStream;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import btools.util.LongList;
+
+/**
+ * Container for relation data on the preprocessor level
+ *
+ * @author ab
+ */
+public class RelationData extends MapCreatorBase
+{
+  public long rid;
+  public LongList ways;
+  public List<String> roles;
+
+  public RelationData( long id, LongList ways, List<String> roles )
+  {
+    rid = id;
+    this.ways = ways;
+    this.roles = roles;
+  }
+
+  public RelationData( DataInputStream di ) throws Exception
+  {
+    ways = new LongList( 16 );
+    roles = new ArrayList<String>();
+    rid = readId( di) ;
+    for (;;)
+    {
+      String key = di.readUTF();
+      if ( key.length() == 0 ) break;
+      String value = di.readUTF();
+      putTag( key, value );
+    }
+    for (;;)
+    {
+      long wid = readId( di );
+      if ( wid == -1 ) break;
+      ways.add( wid );
+      roles.add( di.readUTF() );
+    }
+  }    
+
+  public void writeTo( java.io.DataOutputStream dos ) throws Exception  
+  {
+    writeId( dos, rid );
+    if ( getTagsOrNull() != null )
+    {
+      for( Map.Entry<String,String> me : getTagsOrNull().entrySet() )
+      {
+        if ( me.getKey().length() > 0 )
+        {
+          dos.writeUTF( me.getKey() );
+          dos.writeUTF( me.getValue() );
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    dos.writeUTF( "" );
+    
+    int size = ways.size();
+    for( int i=0; i < size; i++ )
+    {
+      writeId( dos, ways.get( i ) );
+      dos.writeUTF( roles.get(i) );
+    }
+    writeId( dos, -1 ); // stopbyte
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/RelationIterator.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/RelationIterator.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9b1b07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/RelationIterator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package btools.mapsplitter;
+
+import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
+import java.io.DataInputStream;
+import java.io.EOFException;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+
+/**
+ * Iterate over a relation file
+ *
+ * @author ab
+ */
+public class RelationIterator extends MapCreatorBase
+{
+  private RelationListener listener;
+
+  public RelationIterator( RelationListener relationListener )
+  {
+    listener = relationListener;
+  }
+
+  public void processFile(File relationfile) throws Exception
+  {
+    System.out.println( "*** RelationIterator reading: " + relationfile );
+
+    listener.relationFileStart( relationfile );
+
+    DataInputStream di = new DataInputStream( new BufferedInputStream ( new FileInputStream( relationfile ) ) );
+    try
+    {
+      for(;;)
+      {
+        RelationData r = new RelationData( di );
+        listener.nextRelation( r );
+      }
+    }
+    catch( EOFException eof )
+    {
+      di.close();
+    }
+    listener.relationFileEnd( relationfile );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/RelationListener.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/RelationListener.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..19d9c77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/RelationListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package btools.mapsplitter;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+
+/**
+ * Callbacklistener for Relations
+ *
+ * @author ab
+ */
+public interface RelationListener
+{
+  void relationFileStart( File relfile ) throws Exception;
+
+  void nextRelation( RelationData data ) throws Exception;
+
+  void relationFileEnd( File relfile ) throws Exception;
+}
diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/TagSetEncoder.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/TagSetEncoder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0123d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/TagSetEncoder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+package btools.mapsplitter;
+
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.PriorityQueue;
+
+/**
+ * Encoder for a set of tags
+ *
+ * It detects identical sets and sorts them
+ * into a huffman-tree according to their frequencies
+ *
+ * Adapted for 3-pass encoding (counters -> statistics -> encoding )
+ * but doesn't do anything at pass1
+ */
+public final class TagSetEncoder
+{
+  private HashMap<TagSet, TagSet> identityMap;
+  private BitWriteBuffer bwb;
+  private int pass;
+  private TagSet freq1;
+
+  public void encodeTagSet( int[] data )
+  {
+    if ( pass == 1 )
+    {
+      return;
+    }
+    TagSet tvsProbe = new TagSet();
+    tvsProbe.data = data;
+    TagSet tvs = identityMap.get( tvsProbe );
+    if ( pass == 3 )
+    {
+      if ( tvs.frequency == 1 )
+      {
+        bwb.encodeBounded( freq1.range - 1, freq1.code );
+        encodeTagSequence( bwb, data );
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        bwb.encodeBounded( tvs.range - 1, tvs.code );
+      }
+    }
+    else if ( pass == 2 )
+    {
+      if ( tvs == null )
+      {
+        tvs = tvsProbe;
+        identityMap.put( tvs, tvs );
+      }
+      tvs.frequency++;
+    }
+  }
+
+  public void encodeDictionary( BitWriteBuffer bwb )
+  {
+    if ( ++pass == 3 )
+    {
+      freq1 = new TagSet();
+      PriorityQueue<TagSet> queue = new PriorityQueue<TagSet>(2*identityMap.size(), new TagSet.FrequencyComparator());
+      for( TagSet ts : identityMap.values() )
+      {
+         if ( ts.frequency > 1 )
+         {
+           queue.add( ts );
+         }
+         else
+         {
+           freq1.frequency++;
+         }
+      }
+      queue.add( freq1 );
+      while (queue.size() > 1)
+      {
+        TagSet node = new TagSet();
+        node.child1 = queue.poll();
+        node.child2 = queue.poll();
+        node.frequency = node.child1.frequency + node.child2.frequency;
+        queue.add( node );
+      }
+      TagSet root = queue.poll();
+      root.encode( bwb, 1, 0 );
+    }
+    this.bwb = bwb;
+  }
+
+  public TagSetEncoder()
+  {
+    identityMap = new HashMap<TagSet, TagSet>();
+  }
+
+  private static void encodeTagSequence( BitWriteBuffer bwb, int[] data )
+  {
+    int tagcount = data.length;
+    bwb.encodeInt( tagcount );
+    int lastIdx = -1;
+    for( int i=0; i<tagcount; i++ )
+    {
+      int idx = data[i];
+      bwb.encodeInt( idx - lastIdx -1 );
+      lastIdx = idx;
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static final class TagSet
+  {
+    public int[] data;
+    public int frequency;
+    public int code;
+    public int range;
+    public TagSet child1;
+    public TagSet child2;
+
+    public void encode( BitWriteBuffer bwb, int range, int code )
+    {
+      this.range = range;
+      this.code = code;
+      boolean isNode = child1 != null;
+      bwb.encodeBit( isNode );
+      if ( isNode )
+      {
+        child1.encode( bwb, range << 1, code );
+        child2.encode( bwb, range << 1, code + range );
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        bwb.encodeBit( data == null );
+        if ( data != null )
+        {
+          encodeTagSequence( bwb, data );
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals( Object o )
+    {
+      if ( o instanceof TagSet )
+      {
+        TagSet tvs = (TagSet) o;
+        if ( data == null )
+        {
+          return tvs.data == null;
+        }
+        if ( tvs.data == null )
+        {
+          return data == null;
+        }
+        if ( data.length != tvs.data.length )
+        {
+          return false;
+        }
+        for ( int i = 0; i < data.length; i++ )
+        {
+          if ( data[i] != tvs.data[i] )
+          {
+            return false;
+          }
+        }
+        return true;
+      }
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode()
+    {
+      if ( data == null )
+      {
+        return 0;
+      }
+      int h = 17;
+      for ( int i = 0; i < data.length; i++ )
+      {
+        h = ( h << 8 ) + data[i];
+      }
+      return h;
+    }
+
+    public static class FrequencyComparator implements Comparator<TagSet>
+    {
+
+      @Override
+      public int compare(TagSet tvs1, TagSet tvs2) {
+        if ( tvs1.frequency < tvs2.frequency )
+          return -1;
+        if ( tvs1.frequency > tvs2.frequency )
+          return 1;
+        return 0;
+      }
+    }
+
+  }
+}
diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/TagValueEncoder.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/TagValueEncoder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..521c45c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/TagValueEncoder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,303 @@
+package btools.mapsplitter;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.DataOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.PriorityQueue;
+
+/**
+ * Encoder for the tag-value statistics
+ *
+ * @author ab
+ */
+public class TagValueEncoder
+{
+  HashMap<String,Tag> tags = new HashMap<String,Tag>();
+  ArrayList<TagGroup> groups = new ArrayList<TagGroup>();
+  
+  ByteArrayOutputStream baos ;
+  DataOutputStream dos;
+
+  ArrayList<String> stringList;
+  HashMap<String,Integer> stringMap;
+  ArrayList<Tag> taglist;
+  
+  private int setId = 0;
+  private int nextIdx = 0;
+
+  private int pass;
+
+  private static String[][] taggroups = new String[][] {
+      { "highway", "name", "maxspeed", "lanes", "service", "tracktype", "surface" }
+    , { "access", "foot", "bicycle", "motorcar", "motor_vehicle", "motorcycle", "vehicle" }
+    , { "building", "addr:street", "addr:housenumber", "addr:city", "addr:postcode", "addr:housename" }
+  };
+
+  private void encodeString( BitWriteBuffer bc, String s )
+  {
+    Integer ii = stringMap.get( s );
+    bc.encodeBit( ii == null );
+    if ( ii == null )
+    {
+      try
+      {
+        byte[] textBytes = s.getBytes( "UTF8" );
+        bc.encodeInt( textBytes.length );
+        dos.write( textBytes );
+      }
+      catch( Exception e )
+      {
+        throw new RuntimeException( e );
+      }
+      ii = Integer.valueOf( stringList.size() );
+      stringList.add( s );
+      stringMap.put( s, ii );
+      return;
+    }
+    bc.encodeBounded( stringList.size()-1, ii.intValue() );
+  }
+
+  private class TagGroup implements Comparable<TagGroup>
+  {
+    String[] names;
+    int count;
+    
+    int lastSetId = 0;
+    
+    void incCount()
+    {
+      if ( setId != lastSetId ) count++;
+      lastSetId = setId;
+    }
+
+    TagGroup( String[] names )
+    {
+      this.names = names;
+      for( String name : names )
+      {
+        tags.put( name, new Tag( name, this ) );
+      }
+      groups.add( this );
+    }
+    
+    void indexTags()
+    {
+      for( String name : names )
+      {
+        Tag t = tags.get( name );
+        if ( t.count > 0 ) t.idx = nextIdx++;
+      }
+    }    
+    
+    @Override
+    public int compareTo( TagGroup g )
+    {
+      return g.count - count;
+    }
+  }
+  
+  public TagValueEncoder()
+  {
+    for( String[] names : taggroups )
+    {
+      new TagGroup( names );
+    }
+  }
+  
+  public class Tag implements Comparable<Tag>
+  {
+    Tag( String name, TagGroup group )
+    {
+      this.name = name;
+      this.group = group;
+    }
+    String name;
+    int count;
+    int idx;
+
+    private Object tree;
+
+    HashMap<String,Value> values = new HashMap<String,Value>();
+    
+    List<Value> valueList;
+    TagGroup group;
+    
+    void addValue( String value )
+    {
+      Value v = values.get( value );
+      if ( v == null )
+      {
+        v = new Value( value );
+        values.put( value, v );
+      }
+      v.frequency++;
+      count++;
+    }
+    
+    public void encodeDictionary( BitWriteBuffer bc ) throws IOException
+    {
+      encodeString( bc, name );
+
+      PriorityQueue<Value> queue = new PriorityQueue<Value>( values.size() );
+      queue.addAll( values.values() );
+      while (queue.size() > 1)
+      {
+        queue.add( new Value( queue.poll(), queue.poll() ) );
+      }
+      queue.poll().encodeTree( bc, 1, 0 );
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int compareTo( Tag t )
+    {
+      return idx - t.idx;
+    }
+  }
+
+  private class Value implements Comparable<Value>
+  {
+    Value( String value )
+    {
+      this.value = value;
+    }  
+    Value( Value c1, Value c2 )
+    {
+      child1 = c1;
+      child2 = c2;
+      frequency = c1.frequency + c2.frequency;
+    }  
+    String value;
+    int code;
+    int range;
+    Value child1;
+    Value child2;
+    int frequency;
+
+    void encodeTree( BitWriteBuffer bc, int range, int code ) throws IOException
+    {
+      this.range = range;
+      this.code = code;
+      boolean isNode = child1 != null;
+      bc.encodeBit( isNode );
+      if ( isNode )
+      {
+        child1.encodeTree( bc, range << 1, code );
+        child2.encodeTree( bc, range << 1, code + range );
+        return;
+      }
+      bc.encodeBit( false ); // no inline item here
+      encodeString( bc, value );
+    }
+
+    void encode( BitWriteBuffer bc )
+    {
+      bc.encodeBounded( range - 1, code );
+    }
+    
+    @Override
+    public int compareTo( Value v )
+    {
+      return frequency - v.frequency;
+    }
+  }
+  
+  public byte[] encodeDictionary( BitWriteBuffer bc ) throws IOException
+  {
+    if ( ++pass == 1 )
+    {
+      return null;
+    }
+    else if ( pass == 2 )
+    {
+      nextIdx = 0;
+      Collections.sort( groups );
+      for( TagGroup g : groups )
+      {
+        g.indexTags();
+      }
+
+      taglist = new ArrayList<Tag>();
+      for( Tag t : tags.values() )
+      {
+        if ( t.count > 0 )
+        {
+          taglist.add( t );
+        }
+      }
+      Collections.sort( taglist );
+      return null;
+    }
+  
+    stringList = new ArrayList<String>();
+    stringMap = new HashMap<String,Integer>();
+
+    baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+    dos = new DataOutputStream( baos );
+
+    bc.encodeInt( taglist.size() );
+    for( Tag t : taglist )
+    {
+      t.encodeDictionary( bc );
+    }
+    
+    dos.close();
+    byte[] textData = baos.toByteArray();
+    dos = null;
+    baos = null;
+    return textData;
+  }
+  
+  public int getTagIndex( String name )
+  {
+    return tags.get( name ).idx;
+  }
+
+  public List<String> sortTagNames( Collection<String> col )
+  {
+    ArrayList<Tag> taglist = new ArrayList<Tag>( col.size() );
+    for( String name : col )
+    {
+      taglist.add( tags.get( name ) );
+    }
+    Collections.sort( taglist );
+    ArrayList<String> res = new ArrayList<String>( taglist.size() );
+    for( Tag t : taglist )
+    {
+      res.add( t.name );
+    }
+    return res;    
+  }
+
+  public void startTagSet()
+  {
+    if ( pass == 1 )
+    {
+      setId++;
+    }
+  }
+
+  public void encodeValue( BitWriteBuffer bc, String name, String value )
+  {
+    if ( pass == 1 )
+    {
+      Tag t = tags.get( name );
+      if ( t == null )
+      {
+        String[] names = new String[1];
+        names[0] = name;
+        new TagGroup( names );
+        t = tags.get( name );
+      }
+      t.addValue( value );
+    }
+    else // pass 2+3
+    {  
+      tags.get( name ).values.get( value ).encode( bc );
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/TileData.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/TileData.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d76b8b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/TileData.java
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package btools.mapsplitter;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import btools.util.DiffCoderDataInputStream;
+import btools.util.DiffCoderDataOutputStream;
+
+/**
+ * Container a tile during encoding
+ */
+public class TileData extends MapCreatorBase
+{
+  public int zoom;
+  public int x;
+  public int y;
+  public List<NodeData> nodeList;
+  public TileData parent;
+}
diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/TileEncoder.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/TileEncoder.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e31cd57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/TileEncoder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,555 @@
+package btools.mapsplitter;
+
+import java.io.DataOutputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.zip.Deflater;
+
+/**
+ * TileEncoder encodes a given node/way file pair
+ *
+ * @author ab
+ */
+public class TileEncoder extends MapCreatorBase
+{
+  private Map<NodeData,NodeData> nodeMap;
+  private Map<WayData,WayData> wayMap;
+  private List<NodeData> used = new ArrayList<NodeData>();
+
+  private NodeData templateNode = new NodeData( 0, 0, 0 );
+  private WayData templateWay = new WayData( 0, null );
+
+  private TileData tile;
+
+  private BitWriteBuffer bwb;
+  
+  private byte[] buffer;
+
+  private List<WayData> wayList;
+
+  private List<RelationData> relationList;
+  
+  // statistics only
+  private int nTagSets;
+
+  private int nTaggedNodes;
+  private long totalNodes;
+  private long totalTaggedNodes;
+  private long totalWays;
+  private long totalTextBytes;
+  private long totalTiles;
+
+  private int pass;
+  private boolean dostats;
+  private TagValueEncoder tagValueEncoder;
+  private TagSetEncoder tagSetEnoder;
+
+  public static void main( String[] args ) throws Exception
+  {
+    System.out.println( "*** TileEncoder: encodes a given node/way file pair" );
+    if ( args.length != 1 )
+    {
+      System.out.println( "usage: java TileEncoder <node-file>" );
+      return;
+    }
+    new TileEncoder().process( new File( args[0] ) );
+  }
+
+  public void process( File nodeFile) throws Exception
+  {
+    TileData t0 = new TileData(); // zoom 0 dummy
+    process( nodeFile, t0 );
+
+    System.out.println( "**** total statistics ****" );
+    System.out.println( "tiles=" + totalTiles + " nodes=" + totalNodes + " taggedNodes=" + totalTaggedNodes + " ways=" + totalWays + " textBytes= " + totalTextBytes );
+    System.out.println( bwb.getBitReport() );
+  }
+
+  public void process( File nodeFile, TileData tile ) throws Exception
+  {
+    this.tile = tile;
+    
+    if ( !nodeFile.exists() )
+    {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    System.out.println( "******* processing: " + nodeFile );
+
+    new NodeIterator( this ).processFile( nodeFile );
+    
+    // process childs
+    
+    int zoomStep = 2;
+    int xyStep = 1 << zoomStep;
+    
+    int nextZoom = tile.zoom + zoomStep;
+    int x0 = tile.x << zoomStep;
+    int y0 = tile.y << zoomStep;
+
+    File childDir = new File( nodeFile.getParentFile().getParentFile(), "" + nextZoom );
+
+    for( int dx = 0; dx < xyStep; dx++ )
+    {
+      for( int dy = 0; dy < xyStep; dy++ )
+      {
+        TileData nextTile = new TileData();
+        nextTile.zoom = nextZoom;
+        nextTile.x = x0 + dx;
+        nextTile.y = y0 + dy;
+        nextTile.parent = tile;
+        File nextFile = new File( childDir, nextTile.x + "_" + nextTile.y + ".ntl" );
+        process( nextFile, nextTile );
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void nodeFileStart( File nodeFile ) throws Exception
+  {
+    tile.nodeList = new ArrayList<NodeData>();
+    nodeMap = new HashMap<NodeData,NodeData>();
+    wayMap = new HashMap<WayData,WayData>();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void nextNode( NodeData n ) throws Exception
+  {
+    // if no level yet, it's ours
+    if ( n.zoom == -1 || n.zoom == tile.zoom )
+    {
+      n.zoom = tile.zoom;
+      n.used = true;
+      tile.nodeList.add( n );
+    }
+    n.localeIndex = nodeMap.size();
+    nodeMap.put( n,n );
+    n.calcGeoId();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void nodeFileEnd( File nodeFile ) throws Exception
+  {
+    NodeData.sortByGeoId( tile.nodeList );
+    int idx = 0;
+    for( NodeData n : tile.nodeList )
+    {
+      n.nativeIndex = idx++;
+    }
+
+    // read corresponding way-file into wayList
+    wayList = new ArrayList<WayData>();
+    String name = nodeFile.getName();
+    String wayfilename = name.substring( 0, name.length()-3 ) + "wtl";
+    File wayfile = new File( nodeFile.getParent(), wayfilename );
+    if ( wayfile.exists() )
+    {
+      new WayIterator( this ).processFile( wayfile );
+    }
+
+    // read corresponding relation-file
+    relationList = new ArrayList<RelationData>();
+    String relfilename = name.substring( 0, name.length()-3 ) + "rtl";
+    File relfile = new File( nodeFile.getParent(), relfilename );
+    if ( relfile.exists() )
+    {
+      new RelationIterator( this ).processFile( relfile );
+    }
+
+
+    int nnodes = tile.nodeList.size();
+
+    tagValueEncoder = new TagValueEncoder();
+    tagSetEnoder = new TagSetEncoder();
+    
+    long[] nodePositions = new long[nnodes];
+    for( int i=0; i<nnodes; i++ )
+    {
+      nodePositions[i] = tile.nodeList.get(i).gid;
+    }
+
+    for( pass=1;pass<=3; pass++) // 3 passes: counters, stat-collection, encoding
+    {
+      nTagSets = 0;
+    
+      dostats = pass == 3;
+
+      buffer = new byte[10000000];
+      bwb = new BitWriteBuffer( buffer );
+
+      tagSetEnoder.encodeDictionary( bwb );
+      if ( dostats ) bwb.assignBits( "tagset-dictionary" );
+
+      // encode the dictionary
+      byte[] textData = tagValueEncoder.encodeDictionary( bwb );
+      if ( dostats ) bwb.assignBits( "value-dictionary" );
+    
+      // encode the node positions    
+      bwb.encodeSortedArray( nodePositions );
+      if ( dostats ) bwb.assignBits( "node-positions" );
+      
+      if ( pass == 3 )
+      {
+        writeDownzoomRefs( bwb );
+      }
+
+      // encode the tagged nodes
+      writeTaggedNodes();
+
+      writeWays( bwb );
+      
+      writeRelations( bwb );
+
+      if ( pass == 1 && nTagSets == 0 ) // stop it if nothing tagged
+      {
+        break;
+      }
+      
+      if ( pass == 1 )
+      {
+        assignLocalIndexes();
+      }
+
+      if ( pass == 3 )
+      {
+        // Compress the text-bytes
+        Deflater compresser = new Deflater();
+        compresser.setInput(textData);
+        compresser.finish();
+        byte[] textHeader = new byte[textData.length + 1024];
+        int textHeaderLen = compresser.deflate(textHeader);
+
+        totalTiles++;
+        totalNodes += tile.nodeList.size();
+        totalTaggedNodes += nTaggedNodes;
+        totalTextBytes += textHeaderLen;
+        System.out.println( "nodes=" + tile.nodeList.size() + " taggedNodes=" + nTaggedNodes + " ways=" + wayList.size() + " textBytes= " + textHeaderLen );
+
+        // write result to file
+        String datafilename = name.substring( 0, name.length()-3 ) + "osb";
+        File datafile = new File( nodeFile.getParent(), datafilename );
+
+        DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream( new FileOutputStream( datafile ) );
+        dos.writeInt( textData.length );
+        dos.writeInt( textHeaderLen );
+        dos.write( textHeader, 0, textHeaderLen );
+        int size = bwb.getEncodedLength();
+        dos.writeInt( size );
+        dos.write( buffer, 0, size );
+        dos.close();
+      }
+    }
+      
+    if ( relfile.exists() )
+    {
+      relfile.delete();
+    }
+    if ( wayfile.exists() )
+    {
+      wayfile.delete();
+    }
+    if ( nodeFile.exists() )
+    {
+      nodeFile.delete();
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void nextWay( WayData way ) throws Exception
+  {
+    // if no level yet, it's ours
+    if ( way.zoom == -1 || way.zoom == tile.zoom )
+    {
+      way.zoom = tile.zoom;
+      way.startNodeIdx = -1;
+      wayList.add( way );
+    }
+    wayMap.put( way,way );
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void nextRelation( RelationData r ) throws Exception
+  {
+    relationList.add( r );
+  }
+
+  private void assignLocalIndexes()
+  {
+    used = new ArrayList<NodeData>();
+    for( NodeData n : nodeMap.values() )
+    {
+      if ( n.used )
+      {
+        used.add( n );
+      }
+    }
+    NodeData.sortByGeoId( used );
+    int idx = 0;
+    for( NodeData n : used )
+    {
+      n.localeIndex = idx++;
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void writeDownzoomRefs( BitWriteBuffer bwb )
+  {
+    // total locale nodes
+    bwb.encodeInt( used.size() );
+      
+    for( int zoom=0; zoom<tile.zoom; zoom++ )
+    {
+      // count
+      int cnt = 0;
+      for( NodeData n : used )
+      {
+        if ( n.zoom == zoom )
+        {
+          cnt++;
+        }
+      }
+      long[] localeIndexes = new long[cnt];
+      long[] nativeIndexes = new long[cnt];
+      int idx = 0;
+      for( NodeData n : used )
+      {
+        if ( n.zoom == zoom )
+        {
+// System.out.println( " ---> locale=" + n.localeIndex + " native=" + n.nativeIndex );
+          localeIndexes[idx] = n.localeIndex;
+          nativeIndexes[idx] = n.nativeIndex;
+          idx++;
+        }
+      }
+      bwb.encodeSortedArray( localeIndexes );
+      if ( dostats ) bwb.assignBits( "localindexes" );
+      bwb.encodeSortedArray( nativeIndexes );
+      if ( dostats ) bwb.assignBits( "nativeindexes" );
+    }
+  }
+  
+  private int getLocaleIndexForNid( long nid )
+  {
+    templateNode.nid = nid;
+    NodeData n = nodeMap.get( templateNode );
+    if ( n == null ) throw new IllegalArgumentException( "nid=" + nid + " not found" );
+    n.used = true;
+    return n.localeIndex;
+  }
+
+  private void encodeWay( BitWriteBuffer bwb, WayData way ) throws Exception
+  {
+    int nnodes = way.nodes.size();
+    boolean closedPoly = way.nodes.get(0) == way.nodes.get(nnodes-1);
+    if ( closedPoly )
+    {
+      nnodes--;
+    }
+    if ( nnodes < 2 )
+    {
+      return;
+    }
+    
+    writeTags( way.getTagsOrNull() );
+
+    bwb.encodeBit( closedPoly );
+    bwb.encodeInt( nnodes-2 );
+
+    if ( dostats ) bwb.assignBits( "way-node-count" );
+
+    // determine the tile-index for each node
+    int lastIdx = 0;
+    for (int i=0; i<nnodes; i++ )
+    {
+      long nid = way.nodes.get(i);      
+      int idx = getLocaleIndexForNid( nid );
+      if ( i == 0 )
+      {
+        way.startNodeIdx = idx;
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        int delta = idx-lastIdx;
+
+        if ( delta == 0 )
+        {
+          System.out.println( "double node in way, ignoring" );
+          way.startNodeIdx = -1;
+          return;
+        }
+        boolean negative = delta < 0;
+        bwb.encodeBit( negative );
+        bwb.encodeLong( (negative ? -delta : delta) -1 );
+
+        if ( dostats ) bwb.assignBits( "way-node-idx-delta" );              
+      }
+      lastIdx = idx;
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  private void writeWays( BitWriteBuffer bwb ) throws Exception
+  {
+    // in pass 3, sort ways according startNodeIdx and encode start-indexes
+    if ( pass == 3 )
+    {
+      if ( wayList.size() > 0 )
+      {
+        ArrayList<WayData> goodWays = new ArrayList<WayData>();
+        for( WayData w : wayList )
+        {
+          if ( w.startNodeIdx >= 0 )
+          {
+            goodWays.add( w );
+          }
+        }
+        WayData.sortByStartNode( goodWays );
+        wayList = goodWays;
+      }
+
+      // encode start-node-indexes
+      int waycount = wayList.size();
+      long[] startIndexes = new long[waycount];
+      int i = 0;
+      for( WayData w : wayList )
+      {
+        w.nativeIndex = i;
+        startIndexes[i++] = w.startNodeIdx;
+      }
+      bwb.encodeSortedArray( startIndexes );
+      if ( dostats ) bwb.assignBits( "way-start-idx" );
+    }
+    for( WayData way : wayList )
+    {
+      encodeWay( bwb, way );
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void writeRelations( BitWriteBuffer bwb ) throws Exception
+  {
+    bwb.encodeInt( relationList.size() );
+    if ( dostats ) bwb.assignBits( "relation-count" );
+    for( RelationData rel : relationList )
+    {
+      encodeRelation( bwb, rel );
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void encodeRelation( BitWriteBuffer bwb, RelationData rel ) throws Exception
+  {
+    writeTags( rel.getTagsOrNull() );
+
+    int size = rel.ways.size();
+    if ( dostats ) bwb.assignBits( "way-node-count" );
+
+    // count valid members
+    int validMembers = 0;
+    for( int i=0; i < size; i++ )
+    {
+      long wid = rel.ways.get( i );
+      String role = rel.roles.get(i);
+      templateWay.wid = wid;
+      WayData w = wayMap.get( templateWay );
+      if ( w == null ) continue;
+      validMembers++;
+    }
+    bwb.encodeInt( validMembers );
+
+    for( int i=0; i < size; i++ )
+    {
+      long wid = rel.ways.get( i );
+      String role = rel.roles.get(i);
+      templateWay.wid = wid;
+      WayData w = wayMap.get( templateWay );
+      if ( w == null ) continue;
+      
+      int zoomDelta = tile.zoom - w.zoom;
+      
+      bwb.encodeInt( zoomDelta );
+      bwb.encodeInt( w.nativeIndex );
+      tagValueEncoder.encodeValue( bwb, "role", role );
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void writeTaggedNodes() throws Exception
+  {
+    // count tagged nodes
+    int cnt = 0;
+    for( int idx=0; idx<tile.nodeList.size(); idx++ )
+    {
+      NodeData n = tile.nodeList.get( idx );
+      if ( n.zoom == tile.zoom && n.getTagsOrNull() != null )
+      {
+        cnt++;
+      }
+    }
+    // build index array
+    long[] taggedIndexes = new long[cnt];
+    int i = 0;
+    for( int idx=0; idx<tile.nodeList.size(); idx++ )
+    {
+      if ( tile.nodeList.get( idx ).getTagsOrNull() != null )
+      {
+        taggedIndexes[i++] = idx;
+      }
+    }
+
+    nTaggedNodes = cnt;
+
+    bwb.encodeSortedArray( taggedIndexes );
+    if ( dostats ) bwb.assignBits( "tagged-node-idx" );
+    
+    for( int idx=0; idx<tile.nodeList.size(); idx++ )
+    {
+      NodeData n = tile.nodeList.get( idx );
+      if ( n.getTagsOrNull() != null )
+      {
+        writeTags( n.getTagsOrNull() );
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  
+  private void writeTags( HashMap<String, String> tags ) throws Exception
+  {
+    List<String> names;
+
+    if ( tags == null )
+    {
+      tags = new HashMap<String, String>();
+    }
+
+    if ( pass > 1 )
+    {
+      // create tagset as sorted int-array
+      names = tagValueEncoder.sortTagNames( tags.keySet() );
+      int ntags = names.size();
+      int[] tagset = new int[ ntags ];
+      for( int i=0; i<ntags; i++ )
+      {
+        tagset[i] = tagValueEncoder.getTagIndex( names.get(i) );
+      }
+      // ... and encode it
+      tagSetEnoder.encodeTagSet( tagset );
+      if ( dostats ) bwb.assignBits( "tag-set" );
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      nTagSets++;
+    
+      names = new ArrayList<String>( tags.keySet() ); // unsorted is o.k. in pass 1
+    }
+
+    // then encode the values
+    tagValueEncoder.startTagSet();
+    for( String name : names )
+    {
+      String value = tags.get( name );
+      tagValueEncoder.encodeValue( bwb, name, value );
+      if ( dostats ) bwb.assignBits( "value-index" );
+    }
+  }
+  
+}
diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/TileSplitter.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/TileSplitter.java
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@@ -0,0 +1,492 @@
+package btools.mapsplitter;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import btools.util.DenseLongMap;
+import btools.util.TinyDenseLongMap;
+
+/**
+ * TileSplitter splits a tile into pieces
+ */
+public class TileSplitter extends MapCreatorBase
+{
+  private NodeData templateNode = new NodeData( 0, 0, 0 );
+
+  private DenseLongMap nodeIndexMap;
+  private DenseLongMap bigWayMemberMap;
+
+  private DenseLongMap wayIndexMap;
+  private DenseLongMap bigRelMemberMap;
+
+  private DenseLongMap relIndexMap;
+
+  private Map<NodeData,NodeData> nodeMap;
+
+  private List<NodeData> thisLevelNodes;
+  private Map<Long,Integer> thisLevelNodesIndexes;
+
+  private List<WayData> thisLevelWays;
+  private Map<Long,Integer> thisLevelWaysIndexes;
+
+  private int level;
+  private int baseLon;
+  private int baseLat;
+
+  private int nodeCount = 0;
+  private String typeSuffix;
+  private boolean inPassLoop;
+  private int pass; // 1 == build tileIndexMap, 2 == collect this-level-nodes, 3 == output nodes
+  private File inTileDir; 
+
+  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
+  {
+    System.out.println("*** TileSplitter: cut tiles into 16 pieces");
+    if (args.length != 1)
+    {
+      System.out.println("usage: java TileSplitter <tile-dir>" );
+
+      return;
+    }
+    new TileSplitter().process( new File( args[0] ) );
+  }
+
+  public void process( File tileDir) throws Exception
+  {
+    for( int level = 0; level < 12; level += 2 )
+    {
+      process( tileDir, level );
+    }
+  }
+
+  public void process( File tileDir, int level ) throws Exception
+  {
+    System.out.println("processing level: " + level );
+
+    inTileDir = new File( tileDir, "" + (level) ); 
+    outTileDir = new File( tileDir, "" + (level+2) );
+    outTileDir.mkdirs();
+    this.level = level;
+
+    // *** initialize 3-pass processing of nodes, ways and relations
+    inPassLoop = false;
+    new NodeIterator( this ).processDir( inTileDir, ".ntl" );
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void nodeFileStart( File nodeFile ) throws Exception
+  {
+    if ( !inPassLoop )
+    {
+      inPassLoop = true;
+      pass = 1;
+      new NodeIterator( this ).processFile( nodeFile );
+      pass = 2;
+      new NodeIterator( this ).processFile( nodeFile );
+      pass = 3;
+      new NodeIterator( this ).processFile( nodeFile );
+      pass = 4;
+      inPassLoop = false;
+    }  
+
+System.out.println( "nodeFileStart pass=" + pass );
+  
+    if ( pass == 1 )
+    {
+      getBaseTileFromName( nodeFile.getName() );
+      nodeIndexMap = Boolean.getBoolean( "useDenseMaps" ) ? new DenseLongMap() : new TinyDenseLongMap();
+    }
+    else if ( pass == 2 )
+    {
+    }
+    else if ( pass == 3 )
+    {
+      nodeMap = new HashMap<NodeData,NodeData>();
+      thisLevelNodes = new ArrayList<NodeData>();
+    }
+    else // nodePass = 4
+    {
+      NodeData.sortByGeoId( thisLevelNodes );
+
+      thisLevelNodesIndexes = new HashMap<Long,Integer>();
+      int idx = 0;
+      for( NodeData n : thisLevelNodes )
+      {
+        thisLevelNodesIndexes.put( Long.valueOf( n.nid ), Integer.valueOf( idx++ ) );
+      }
+      thisLevelNodes = null;
+    }
+    typeSuffix = "ntl";
+  }
+  
+
+  private void getBaseTileFromName( String name )
+  {
+System.out.println( "getBaseTileFromName: " + name );
+    int idx1 = name.indexOf( '_' );
+    int idx2 = name.indexOf( '.' );
+    baseLon = Integer.parseInt( name.substring( 0, idx1 ) );
+    baseLat = Integer.parseInt( name.substring( idx1+1, idx2 ) );
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void nextNode( NodeData n ) throws Exception
+  {
+    int tidx = getTileIndex( n );
+
+    if ( pass == 1 )
+    {
+      nodeCount++;
+      nodeIndexMap.put( n.nid, tidx );
+    }
+    else if ( pass == 2 )
+    {
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      boolean usedHere = bigWayMemberMap.getInt( n.nid ) == 0;
+    
+      if ( usedHere ) // if used on this level...
+      {
+        // if no level yet, this is it
+        if ( n.zoom == -1 )
+        {
+          n.zoom = level;
+        }
+      }
+      
+      if ( pass == 3 )
+      {
+        if ( n.zoom != -1 )
+        {
+          n.calcGeoId();
+          nodeMap.put( n,n );
+          if ( n.zoom == level )
+          {
+            thisLevelNodes.add( n );
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      else // pass == 4
+      {
+        // add the index
+        if ( n.zoom == level )
+        {
+          n.nativeIndex = thisLevelNodesIndexes.get( Long.valueOf( n.nid ) );
+        }
+      
+        if ( usedHere )
+        {
+          n.writeTo( getOutStreamForTile( 16 ) );
+        }
+        n.writeTo( getOutStreamForTile( tidx ) ); // write to subtile
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void nodeFileEnd( File nodeFile ) throws Exception
+  {
+System.out.println( "nodeFileEnd pass=" + pass );
+
+    closeTileOutStreams();
+    File parentNodes = new File( outTileDir, getNameForTile( 16 ) );
+
+    // read corresponding way-file
+    if ( pass == 2 )
+    {
+      bigWayMemberMap = Boolean.getBoolean( "useDenseMaps" ) ? new DenseLongMap() : new TinyDenseLongMap();
+    }
+    String name = nodeFile.getName();
+    String wayfilename = name.substring( 0, name.length()-3 ) + "wtl";
+    File wayfile = new File( inTileDir, wayfilename );
+    if ( wayfile.exists() )
+    {
+      new WayIterator( this ).processFile( wayfile );
+    }
+
+    // read corresponding relation-file
+    if ( pass == 1 )
+    {
+      bigRelMemberMap = Boolean.getBoolean( "useDenseMaps" ) ? new DenseLongMap() : new TinyDenseLongMap();
+    }
+    String relfilename = name.substring( 0, name.length()-3 ) + "rtl";
+    File relfile = new File( inTileDir, relfilename );
+    if ( relfile.exists() )
+    {
+      new RelationIterator( this ).processFile( relfile );
+    }
+
+    if ( pass == 4 )
+    {    
+      nodeFile.delete();    
+      if ( parentNodes.exists() )
+      {
+        parentNodes.renameTo( nodeFile );
+      }
+      else if ( nodeCount > 0 )
+      {
+        nodeFile.createNewFile(); // create even empty to signal existence of childs
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+
+  @Override
+  public void wayFileStart( File wayFile ) throws Exception
+  {
+System.out.println( "wayFileStart pass=" + pass );
+
+    if ( pass == 1 )
+    {
+      wayIndexMap = Boolean.getBoolean( "useDenseMaps" ) ? new DenseLongMap() : new TinyDenseLongMap();
+    }
+    else if ( pass == 3 )
+    {
+      thisLevelWays = new ArrayList<WayData>();
+    }
+    else if ( pass == 4 )
+    {
+      WayData.sortByStartNode( thisLevelWays );
+
+      thisLevelWaysIndexes = new HashMap<Long,Integer>();
+      int idx = 0;
+      for( WayData w : thisLevelWays )
+      {
+        thisLevelWaysIndexes.put( Long.valueOf( w.wid ), Integer.valueOf( idx++ ) );
+      }
+      thisLevelWays = null;
+    }
+    typeSuffix = "wtl";
+  }
+
+
+  @Override
+  public void nextWay( WayData w ) throws Exception
+  {
+    int widx = getTileIndex( w );
+    if ( widx == -1 )
+    {
+System.out.println( "************ invalid way: " + w.wid );
+      return;
+    }
+    
+    if ( pass == 1 )
+    {
+      wayIndexMap.put( w.wid, widx );
+    }
+    else // pass >= 2
+    {
+      boolean usedHere = bigRelMemberMap.getInt( w.wid ) == 0;
+      if ( usedHere || widx == 16 )
+      {
+        // if no level yet, this is it
+        if ( w.zoom == -1 )
+        {
+          w.zoom = level;
+        }
+
+        if ( pass == 2 )
+        {
+          int nnodes = w.nodes.size();
+          for (int i=0; i<nnodes; i++ )
+          {
+            bigWayMemberMap.put( w.nodes.get(i), 0 );
+          }
+        }
+      }
+
+      if ( pass == 3 )
+      {
+        if ( w.zoom == level )
+        {
+          w.startNodeIdx = getLocaleIndexForNid( w.nodes.get(0) );
+          thisLevelWays.add( w );
+        }
+      }
+      if ( pass == 4 )
+      {
+        if ( w.zoom == level )
+        {
+          w.nativeIndex = thisLevelWaysIndexes.get( Long.valueOf( w.wid ) );
+        }
+
+        if ( usedHere && widx != 16 )
+        {
+          w.writeTo( getOutStreamForTile( 16 ) );
+        }
+        w.writeTo( getOutStreamForTile( widx ) );
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void wayFileEnd( File wayFile ) throws Exception
+  {
+System.out.println( "wayFileEnd pass=" + pass );
+
+    closeTileOutStreams();
+
+    if ( pass == 4 )
+    {
+      wayFile.delete();
+      File parentWays = new File( outTileDir, getNameForTile( 16 ) );
+      if ( parentWays.exists() )
+      {
+        parentWays.renameTo( wayFile );
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void relationFileStart( File relFile ) throws Exception
+  {
+System.out.println( "relFileStart pass=" + pass );
+
+    if ( pass == 1 )
+    {
+      relIndexMap = Boolean.getBoolean( "useDenseMaps" ) ? new DenseLongMap() : new TinyDenseLongMap();
+    }
+    else if ( pass == 2 )
+    {
+    }
+    else // nodePass = 3
+    {
+    }
+    typeSuffix = "rtl";
+  }
+
+
+  @Override
+  public void nextRelation( RelationData r ) throws Exception
+  {
+    int ridx = getTileIndex( r );
+    if ( ridx == -1 )
+    {
+System.out.println( "************ invalid relation: " + r.rid );
+      return;
+    }
+    
+    if ( pass == 1 )
+    {
+      relIndexMap.put( r.rid, ridx );
+    }
+
+    if ( pass == 1 && ridx == 16 )
+    {
+      int nways = r.ways.size();
+      for (int i=0; i<nways; i++ )
+      {
+        bigRelMemberMap.put( r.ways.get(i), 0 );
+      }
+    }
+
+    if ( pass == 4 )
+    {
+      r.writeTo( getOutStreamForTile( ridx ) );
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void relationFileEnd( File relFile ) throws Exception
+  {
+System.out.println( "relFileEnd pass=" + pass );
+
+    closeTileOutStreams();
+
+    if ( pass == 4 )
+    {
+      relFile.delete();
+      File parentRels = new File( outTileDir, getNameForTile( 16 ) );
+      if ( parentRels.exists() )
+      {
+        parentRels.renameTo( relFile );
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  private int getLocaleIndexForNid( long nid )
+  {
+    templateNode.nid = nid;
+    NodeData n = nodeMap.get( templateNode );
+    if ( n == null ) throw new IllegalArgumentException( "nid=" + nid + " not found" );
+    n.used = true;
+    return n.localeIndex;
+  }
+
+  private int getTileIndex( NodeData n )
+  {
+     int idxLon = ( n.ilon >> ( 26 - level ) ) & 3;
+     int idxLat = ( n.ilat >> ( 26 - level ) ) & 3;
+     return 4 * idxLon + idxLat;
+  }
+
+  private int getTileIndex( WayData w )
+  {
+    int nnodes = w.nodes.size();
+
+    int wayTileIndex = 16;
+
+    // determine the tile-index for each node
+    for (int i=0; i<nnodes; i++ )
+    {
+      int tileIndex = nodeIndexMap.getInt( w.nodes.get(i) );
+      if ( tileIndex == -1 )
+      {
+        return -1;
+      }
+      if ( wayTileIndex == 16 )
+      {
+        wayTileIndex = tileIndex;
+      }
+      else if ( tileIndex != wayTileIndex )
+      {
+        return 16;
+      }
+    }
+    return wayTileIndex;
+  }
+
+  private int getTileIndex( RelationData r )
+  {
+    int nways = r.ways.size();
+
+    int relTileIndex = 16;
+    boolean hasAny = false;
+
+    // determine the tile-index for each way
+    for (int i=0; i<nways; i++ )
+    {
+      int tileIndex = wayIndexMap.getInt( r.ways.get(i) );
+      if ( tileIndex == -1 )
+      {
+        continue;
+      }
+      hasAny = true;
+      if ( relTileIndex == 16 )
+      {
+        relTileIndex = tileIndex;
+      }
+      else if ( tileIndex != relTileIndex )
+      {
+        return 16;
+      }
+    }
+    return hasAny ? relTileIndex : -1;
+  }
+
+  protected String getNameForTile( int tileIndex )
+  {
+    if ( tileIndex == 16 )
+    {
+      return "parent." + typeSuffix;
+    }
+    int idxLon = baseLon * 4 + (tileIndex >> 2);
+    int idxLat = baseLat * 4 + (tileIndex & 3);
+    return idxLon + "_" + idxLat + "." + typeSuffix;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/WayData.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/WayData.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e9e4d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/WayData.java
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+package btools.mapsplitter;
+
+import java.io.DataInputStream;
+import java.io.DataOutputStream;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import btools.util.LongList;
+
+/**
+ * Container for waydata on the preprocessor level
+ *
+ * @author ab
+ */
+public class WayData extends MapCreatorBase
+{
+  public long wid;
+  public LongList nodes;
+  
+  public int startNodeIdx;
+
+  private int minx;
+  private int miny;
+  private int maxx;
+  private int maxy;
+
+  public int zoom = -1; // the zoom level this node is on
+  public int nativeIndex; // the index along all NATIVE ways of it's tile
+
+  public void calcBBox( List<NodeData> nodeList )
+  {
+    int nn = nodes.size();
+    for( int i=0; i<nn; i++ )
+    {
+      NodeData n = nodeList.get((int)nodes.get(i));
+      if ( i == 0 )
+      {
+        minx = maxx = n.ilon;
+        miny = maxy = n.ilat;
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        if ( n.ilon < minx ) minx = n.ilon;
+        if ( n.ilon > maxx ) maxx = n.ilon;
+        if ( n.ilat < miny ) miny = n.ilat;
+        if ( n.ilat > maxy ) maxy = n.ilat;
+      }              
+    }
+  }
+ 
+  public boolean inBBox( int z, int x, int y )
+  {
+    int shift = 28-z;
+    int x0 = x << shift;
+    int x1 = (x+1) << shift;
+    int y0 = y << shift;
+    int y1 = (y+1) << shift;
+    boolean outofbox = x1 < minx || x0 >= maxx  || y1 < miny || y0 >= maxy;
+    return !outofbox;
+  }
+
+  public WayData( long id  )
+  {
+    wid = id;
+    nodes = new LongList( 16 );
+  }
+
+  public WayData( long id, LongList nodes  )
+  {
+    wid = id;
+    this.nodes = nodes;
+  }
+
+  public WayData( DataInputStream di ) throws Exception
+  {
+    zoom = di.readInt();
+    nativeIndex = di.readInt();
+    nodes = new LongList( 16 );
+    wid = readId( di) ;
+    for (;;)
+    {
+      String key = di.readUTF();
+      if ( key.length() == 0 ) break;
+      String value = di.readUTF();
+      putTag( key, value );
+    }
+    for (;;)
+    {
+      long nid = readId( di );
+      if ( nid == -1 ) break;
+      nodes.add( nid );
+    }
+  }    
+
+  public void writeTo( DataOutputStream dos ) throws Exception  
+  {
+    dos.writeInt( zoom );
+    dos.writeInt( nativeIndex );
+    writeId( dos, wid );
+    if ( getTagsOrNull() != null )
+    {
+      for( Map.Entry<String,String> me : getTagsOrNull().entrySet() )
+      {
+        if ( me.getKey().length() > 0 )
+        {
+          dos.writeUTF( me.getKey() );
+          dos.writeUTF( me.getValue() );
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    dos.writeUTF( "" );
+    
+    int size = nodes.size();
+    for( int i=0; i < size; i++ )
+    {
+      writeId( dos, nodes.get( i ) );
+    }
+    writeId( dos, -1 ); // stopbyte
+  }
+
+  public static void sortByStartNode( List<WayData> ways )
+  {
+    Collections.sort( ways, new Comparator<WayData>()
+    {
+      @Override
+      public int compare(WayData w1, WayData w2)
+      {
+        long d = w1.startNodeIdx - w2.startNodeIdx;
+        
+        // for equal start indexes sort by wid
+        if ( d == 0L )
+        {
+          d = w1.wid - w2.wid;
+        }
+        return d == 0 ? 0 : ( d < 0 ? -1 : 1 );
+      }
+    } );
+
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean equals( Object o )
+  {
+    if ( o instanceof WayData )
+    {
+      WayData w = (WayData) o;
+      return w.wid == wid;
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public int hashCode()
+  {
+    return (int)((wid >> 32) ^ wid);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/WayIterator.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/WayIterator.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05c5f60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/WayIterator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package btools.mapsplitter;
+
+import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
+import java.io.DataInputStream;
+import java.io.EOFException;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+
+/**
+ * Iterate over a singe wayfile or a directory
+ * of waytiles and feed the ways to the callback listener
+ *
+ * @author ab
+ */
+public class WayIterator extends MapCreatorBase
+{
+  private WayListener listener;
+
+  public WayIterator( WayListener wayListener )
+  {
+    listener = wayListener;
+  }
+
+  public void processFile(File wayfile) throws Exception
+  {
+    System.out.println( "*** WayIterator reading: " + wayfile );
+
+    listener.wayFileStart( wayfile );
+
+    DataInputStream di = new DataInputStream( new BufferedInputStream ( new FileInputStream( wayfile ) ) );
+    try
+    {
+      for(;;)
+      {
+        WayData w = new WayData( di );
+        listener.nextWay( w );
+      }
+    }
+    catch( EOFException eof )
+    {
+      di.close();
+    }
+    listener.wayFileEnd( wayfile );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/WayListener.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/WayListener.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..440359b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/main/java/btools/mapsplitter/WayListener.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package btools.mapsplitter;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+/**
+ * Callbacklistener for WayIterator
+ *
+ * @author ab
+ */
+public interface WayListener
+{
+  void wayFileStart( File wayfile ) throws Exception;
+
+  void nextWay( WayData data ) throws Exception;
+
+  void wayFileEnd( File wayfile ) throws Exception;
+}
diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/test/java/btools/mapsplitter/BitCodingTest.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/test/java/btools/mapsplitter/BitCodingTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e672271
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/test/java/btools/mapsplitter/BitCodingTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+package btools.mapsplitter;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Random;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import btools.mapdecoder.BitReadBuffer;
+import btools.mapdecoder.CharDecoder;
+
+public class BitCodingTest
+{
+  // @Test
+  public void charEncodeDecodeTest()
+  {
+    byte[] ab = new byte[4000];
+    BitWriteBuffer bwb = new BitWriteBuffer( ab );
+    CharEncoder ce = new CharEncoder();
+  
+    for( int pass=1; pass<=3; pass++ )
+    {
+      ce.encodeDictionary( bwb );
+      for ( char c = 'a'; c <= 'z'; c++ )
+      {
+        ce.encode( Character.valueOf( c ) );
+      }
+    }
+
+    BitReadBuffer brb = new BitReadBuffer( ab );
+    CharDecoder cd = new CharDecoder( brb );
+    for ( char c = 'a'; c <= 'z'; c++ )
+    {
+      Character c1 = cd.decode();
+      Assert.assertTrue( "char mismatch c=" + c + "c1=" + c1, c == c1.charValue() );
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void varBitsEncodeDecodeTest()
+  {
+    byte[] ab = new byte[4000];
+    BitWriteBuffer bwb = new BitWriteBuffer( ab );
+    for ( int i = 0; i < 1000; i++ )
+    {
+      bwb.encodeInt( i );
+      bwb.encodeLong( i );
+    }
+    BitReadBuffer brb = new BitReadBuffer( ab );
+
+    for ( int i = 0; i < 1000; i++ )
+    {
+      int value = brb.decodeInt();
+      Assert.assertTrue( "int value mismatch i=" + i + "v=" + value, value == i );
+      long lvalue = brb.decodeLong();
+      Assert.assertTrue( "long value mismatch i=" + i + "v=" + lvalue, value == i );
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void boundedEncodeDecodeTest()
+  {
+    byte[] ab = new byte[581969];
+    BitWriteBuffer bwb = new BitWriteBuffer( ab );
+    for ( int max = 1; max < 1000; max++ )
+    {
+      for ( int val = 0; val <= max; val++ )
+      {
+        bwb.encodeBounded( max, val );
+      }
+    }
+
+    BitReadBuffer brb = new BitReadBuffer( ab );
+
+    for ( int max = 1; max < 1000; max++ )
+    {
+      for ( int val = 0; val <= max; val++ )
+      {
+        long valDecoded = brb.decodeBounded( max );
+        if ( valDecoded != val )
+        {
+          Assert.fail( "mismatch at max=" + max + " " + valDecoded + "<>" + val );
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void sortedLongArrayEncodeDecodeTest()
+  {
+    Random rand = new Random(1234);
+    int size = 20;
+    long[] values = new long[size];
+    for ( int i = 0; i < size; i++ )
+    {
+      values[i] = rand.nextInt() & 0x0fffffff;
+    }
+    values[5] = 175384; // force collision
+    values[8] = 175384;
+
+    values[15] = 275384; // force neighbours
+    values[18] = 275385;
+
+    encodeDecodeArray( "Test1", values );
+
+    values = new long[1];
+    values[0] = 0x134567890123456L;
+    encodeDecodeArray( "Test2", values );
+
+    values = new long[0];
+    encodeDecodeArray( "Test3", values );
+
+    values = new long[100000];
+    for ( int i = 0; i < values.length; i++ )
+    {
+      values[i] = (((long)rand.nextInt())&0xffffffffL) << rand.nextInt(26); // 32 + 25 bits
+    }
+    encodeDecodeArray( "Test4", values );
+  }
+
+  private void encodeDecodeArray( String testName, long[] values )
+  {
+    Arrays.sort( values );
+
+    byte[] ab = new byte[3000000];
+    BitWriteBuffer bwb = new BitWriteBuffer( ab );
+
+    bwb.encodeSortedArray( values );
+
+    long[] decodedValues = new BitReadBuffer( ab ).decodeSortedArray();
+
+    for ( int i = 0; i < values.length; i++ )
+    {
+      if ( values[i] != decodedValues[i] )
+      {
+        Assert.fail( "mismatch at " + testName + " i=" + i + " " + values[i] + "<>" + decodedValues[i] );
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/brouter-map-creator/src/test/java/btools/mapsplitter/MapsplitterTest.java b/brouter-map-creator/src/test/java/btools/mapsplitter/MapsplitterTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8dbf0db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-map-creator/src/test/java/btools/mapsplitter/MapsplitterTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package btools.mapsplitter;
+
+import java.util.Random;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.io.File;
+
+import btools.mapdecoder.TileDecoder;
+import btools.mapdecoder.OsmTile;
+
+public class MapsplitterTest
+{
+  @Test
+  public void mapsplitterTest() throws Exception
+  {
+    URL mapurl = this.getClass().getResource( "/dreieich.osm.gz" );
+    Assert.assertTrue( "test-osm-map dreieich.osm not found", mapurl != null );
+    File mapfile = new File(mapurl.getFile());
+    File workingDir = mapfile.getParentFile();
+    File tmpdir = new File( workingDir, "tmp2" );
+    tmpdir.mkdir();
+
+    // run OsmSplitter
+    File tiles = new File( tmpdir, "tiles" );
+    tiles.mkdir();
+    new OsmSplitter().process( tiles, mapfile );
+
+    // run TileSplitter to split up to level 12
+    new TileSplitter().process( tiles );
+
+    new TileEncoder().process( new File( tiles, "0/0_0.ntl" ) );
+    new TileDecoder().process( tiles, null, 12, 2147, 1389 );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/misc/pbfparser/BPbfBlobDecoder2.java b/misc/pbfparser/BPbfBlobDecoder2.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67b2be2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/pbfparser/BPbfBlobDecoder2.java
@@ -0,0 +1,275 @@
+package btools.mapsplitter;
+
+import com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException;
+import org.openstreetmap.osmosis.osmbinary.Fileformat;
+import org.openstreetmap.osmosis.osmbinary.Osmformat;
+import btools.util.LongList;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.*;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.zip.DataFormatException;
+import java.util.zip.Inflater;
+
+import btools.mapcreator.BPbfFieldDecoder;
+
+/**
+ * Converts PBF block data into decoded entities ready to be passed into an Osmosis pipeline. This
+ * class is designed to be passed into a pool of worker threads to allow multi-threaded decoding.
+ * <p/>
+ * @author Brett Henderson
+ */
+public class BPbfBlobDecoder2
+{
+    private String blobType;
+    private byte[] rawBlob;
+
+    private OsmParser2 parser;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new instance.
+     * <p/>
+     * @param blobType The type of blob.
+     * @param rawBlob The raw data of the blob.
+     * @param listener The listener for receiving decoding results.
+     */
+    public BPbfBlobDecoder2( String blobType, byte[] rawBlob, OsmParser2 parser )
+    {
+        this.blobType = blobType;
+        this.rawBlob = rawBlob;
+        this.parser = parser;
+    }
+
+    public void process() throws Exception
+    {
+            if ("OSMHeader".equals(blobType))
+            {
+                processOsmHeader(readBlobContent());
+
+            } else if ("OSMData".equals(blobType))
+            {
+                processOsmPrimitives(readBlobContent());
+
+            } else
+            {
+              System.out.println("Skipping unrecognised blob type " + blobType);
+            }
+    }
+
+    private byte[] readBlobContent() throws IOException
+    {
+        Fileformat.Blob blob = Fileformat.Blob.parseFrom(rawBlob);
+        byte[] blobData;
+
+        if (blob.hasRaw())
+        {
+            blobData = blob.getRaw().toByteArray();
+        } else if (blob.hasZlibData())
+        {
+            Inflater inflater = new Inflater();
+            inflater.setInput(blob.getZlibData().toByteArray());
+            blobData = new byte[blob.getRawSize()];
+            try
+            {
+                inflater.inflate(blobData);
+            } catch (DataFormatException e)
+            {
+                throw new RuntimeException("Unable to decompress PBF blob.", e);
+            }
+            if (!inflater.finished())
+            {
+                throw new RuntimeException("PBF blob contains incomplete compressed data.");
+            }
+        } else
+        {
+            throw new RuntimeException("PBF blob uses unsupported compression, only raw or zlib may be used.");
+        }
+
+        return blobData;
+    }
+
+    private void processOsmHeader( byte[] data ) throws InvalidProtocolBufferException
+    {
+        Osmformat.HeaderBlock header = Osmformat.HeaderBlock.parseFrom(data);
+
+        // Build the list of active and unsupported features in the file.
+        List<String> supportedFeatures = Arrays.asList("OsmSchema-V0.6", "DenseNodes");
+        List<String> activeFeatures = new ArrayList<String>();
+        List<String> unsupportedFeatures = new ArrayList<String>();
+        for (String feature : header.getRequiredFeaturesList())
+        {
+            if (supportedFeatures.contains(feature))
+            {
+                activeFeatures.add(feature);
+            } else
+            {
+                unsupportedFeatures.add(feature);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // We can't continue if there are any unsupported features. We wait
+        // until now so that we can display all unsupported features instead of
+        // just the first one we encounter.
+        if (unsupportedFeatures.size() > 0)
+        {
+            throw new RuntimeException("PBF file contains unsupported features " + unsupportedFeatures);
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    private Map<String, String> buildTags( List<Integer> keys, List<Integer> values, BPbfFieldDecoder fieldDecoder )
+    {
+
+        Iterator<Integer> keyIterator = keys.iterator();
+        Iterator<Integer> valueIterator = values.iterator();
+        if (keyIterator.hasNext())
+        {
+            Map<String, String> tags = new HashMap<String, String>();
+            while (keyIterator.hasNext())
+            {
+                String key = fieldDecoder.decodeString(keyIterator.next());
+                String value = fieldDecoder.decodeString(valueIterator.next());
+                tags.put(key, value);
+            }
+            return tags;
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    private void processNodes( List<Osmformat.Node> nodes, BPbfFieldDecoder fieldDecoder )
+    {
+        for (Osmformat.Node node : nodes)
+        {
+            Map<String, String> tags = buildTags(node.getKeysList(), node.getValsList(), fieldDecoder);
+
+            parser.addNode( node.getId(), tags, fieldDecoder.decodeLatitude(node
+                    .getLat()), fieldDecoder.decodeLatitude(node.getLon()));
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void processNodes( Osmformat.DenseNodes nodes, BPbfFieldDecoder fieldDecoder )
+    {
+        List<Long> idList = nodes.getIdList();
+        List<Long> latList = nodes.getLatList();
+        List<Long> lonList = nodes.getLonList();
+
+        Iterator<Integer> keysValuesIterator = nodes.getKeysValsList().iterator();
+
+        long nodeId = 0;
+        long latitude = 0;
+        long longitude = 0;
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < idList.size(); i++)
+        {
+            // Delta decode node fields.
+            nodeId += idList.get(i);
+            latitude += latList.get(i);
+            longitude += lonList.get(i);
+
+            // Build the tags. The key and value string indexes are sequential
+            // in the same PBF array. Each set of tags is delimited by an index
+            // with a value of 0.
+            Map<String, String> tags = null;
+            while (keysValuesIterator.hasNext())
+            {
+                int keyIndex = keysValuesIterator.next();
+                if (keyIndex == 0)
+                {
+                    break;
+                }
+                int valueIndex = keysValuesIterator.next();
+
+                if (tags == null)
+                {
+                    tags = new HashMap<String, String>();
+                }
+
+                tags.put(fieldDecoder.decodeString(keyIndex), fieldDecoder.decodeString(valueIndex));
+            }
+
+            parser.addNode( nodeId, tags, ((double) latitude) / 10000000, ((double) longitude) / 10000000);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void processWays( List<Osmformat.Way> ways, BPbfFieldDecoder fieldDecoder )
+    {
+        for (Osmformat.Way way : ways)
+        {
+            Map<String, String> tags = buildTags(way.getKeysList(), way.getValsList(), fieldDecoder);
+
+            // Build up the list of way nodes for the way. The node ids are
+            // delta encoded meaning that each id is stored as a delta against
+            // the previous one.
+            long nodeId = 0;
+            LongList wayNodes = new LongList( 16 );
+            for (long nodeIdOffset : way.getRefsList())
+            {
+                nodeId += nodeIdOffset;
+                wayNodes.add(nodeId);
+            }
+
+            parser.addWay( way.getId(), tags, wayNodes );
+        }
+    }
+
+    private ArrayList<String> roles;
+
+    private LongList buildRelationMembers(
+            List<Long> memberIds, List<Integer> memberRoles, List<Osmformat.Relation.MemberType> memberTypes,
+            BPbfFieldDecoder fieldDecoder )
+    {
+        LongList wayIds = new LongList( 16 );
+        roles = new ArrayList<String>(16);
+
+        Iterator<Long> memberIdIterator = memberIds.iterator();
+        Iterator<Integer> memberRoleIterator = memberRoles.iterator();
+        Iterator<Osmformat.Relation.MemberType> memberTypeIterator = memberTypes.iterator();
+
+        // Build up the list of relation members for the way. The member ids are
+        // delta encoded meaning that each id is stored as a delta against
+        // the previous one.
+        long refId = 0;
+        while (memberIdIterator.hasNext())
+        {
+            Osmformat.Relation.MemberType memberType = memberTypeIterator.next();
+            refId += memberIdIterator.next();
+
+            String role = fieldDecoder.decodeString( memberRoleIterator.next() );
+
+            if ( memberType == Osmformat.Relation.MemberType.WAY ) // currently just waymembers
+            {
+              wayIds.add( refId );
+              roles.add( role );
+            }
+        }
+        return wayIds;
+    }
+
+    private void processRelations( List<Osmformat.Relation> relations, BPbfFieldDecoder fieldDecoder )
+    {
+        for (Osmformat.Relation relation : relations)
+        {
+            Map<String, String> tags = buildTags(relation.getKeysList(), relation.getValsList(), fieldDecoder);
+
+            LongList wayIds = buildRelationMembers( relation.getMemidsList(), relation.getRolesSidList(),
+                    relation.getTypesList(), fieldDecoder);
+
+            parser.addRelation( relation.getId(), tags, wayIds, roles );
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void processOsmPrimitives( byte[] data ) throws InvalidProtocolBufferException
+    {
+        Osmformat.PrimitiveBlock block = Osmformat.PrimitiveBlock.parseFrom(data);
+        BPbfFieldDecoder fieldDecoder = new BPbfFieldDecoder(block);
+
+        for (Osmformat.PrimitiveGroup primitiveGroup : block.getPrimitivegroupList())
+        {
+            processNodes(primitiveGroup.getDense(), fieldDecoder);
+            processNodes(primitiveGroup.getNodesList(), fieldDecoder);
+            processWays(primitiveGroup.getWaysList(), fieldDecoder);
+            processRelations(primitiveGroup.getRelationsList(), fieldDecoder);
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/misc/pbfparser/OsmParser2.java b/misc/pbfparser/OsmParser2.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21cdffa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/misc/pbfparser/OsmParser2.java
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+package btools.mapsplitter;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.util.*;
+import java.util.zip.*;
+import btools.util.*;
+
+import org.openstreetmap.osmosis.osmbinary.Fileformat;
+
+/**
+ * Parser for OSM data
+ *
+ * @author ab
+ */
+public class OsmParser2 extends MapCreatorBase
+{
+  private BufferedReader _br;
+
+  private NodeListener nListener;
+  private WayListener wListener;
+  private RelationListener rListener;
+
+  public void readMap( File mapFile,
+                        NodeListener nListener,
+                        WayListener wListener,
+                        RelationListener rListener ) throws Exception
+  {
+ 
+    this.nListener = nListener;
+    this.wListener = wListener;
+    this.rListener = rListener;
+
+    System.out.println( "*** PBF Parsing (2): " + mapFile );
+
+    // once more for testing
+    int rawBlobCount = 0;
+    DataInputStream dis = new DataInputStream( new BufferedInputStream ( new FileInputStream( mapFile ) ) );
+    for(;;)
+    {
+      int headerLength;
+      try
+      {
+        headerLength = dis.readInt();
+      }
+      catch (EOFException e)
+      {
+        break;
+      }
+
+      byte[] headerBuffer = new byte[headerLength];
+      dis.readFully(headerBuffer);
+      Fileformat.BlobHeader blobHeader = Fileformat.BlobHeader.parseFrom(headerBuffer);
+
+      byte[] blobData = new byte[blobHeader.getDatasize()];
+      dis.readFully(blobData);
+
+      new BPbfBlobDecoder2( blobHeader.getType(), blobData, this ).process();
+
+      rawBlobCount++;
+    }
+    dis.close();
+    System.out.println( "read raw blobs: " + rawBlobCount );
+  }
+
+
+
+  public void addNode( long nid, Map<String, String> tags, double lat, double lon )
+  {
+    NodeData n = new NodeData( nid, lon, lat );
+    n.setTags( (HashMap<String,String>)tags );
+    try
+    {
+      nListener.nextNode( n );
+    }
+    catch( Exception e )
+    {
+      throw new RuntimeException( "error writing node: " + e );
+    } 
+  }
+
+  public void addWay( long wid, Map<String, String> tags, LongList nodes )
+  {
+    WayData w = new WayData( wid, nodes );
+    w.setTags( (HashMap<String,String>)tags );
+
+    try
+    {
+      wListener.nextWay( w );
+    }
+    catch( Exception e )
+    {
+      throw new RuntimeException( "error writing way: " + e );
+    } 
+  }
+
+  public void addRelation( long rid, Map<String, String> tags, LongList wayIds, List<String> roles )
+  {
+    RelationData r = new RelationData( rid, wayIds, roles );
+    r.setTags( (HashMap<String,String>)tags );
+
+    try
+    {
+      rListener.nextRelation( r );
+    }
+    catch( Exception e )
+    {
+      throw new RuntimeException( "error writing relation: " + e );
+    } 
+  }
+
+}