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"Why would a JSON file be GBs in size?"

Maps. [0] Geo-cordinate data can consist of tens of thousands of data points. For example, think of a two dimensional space with a co-ordinate grid at regular intervals representing a 20km x 20km city. Then imagine creating an outline of a city road network. Each point a LAT/LON co-ordinate. Then imagine placing thematic data such as known traffic hot spots.

Lots of data.

[0] The author has this post in his blog ~ https://peteris.rocks/blog/openstreetmap-city-blocks-as-geoj...

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Thank you! I was really racking my brain trying to think of a use case that produced that much JSON.