diff -Nur osmosis-0.29/script/pgsql_simple_schema.sql osmosis-0.29.flo/script/pgsql_simple_schema.sql
--- osmosis-0.29/script/pgsql_simple_schema.sql	2008-07-05 00:14:18.000000000 +0200
+++ osmosis-0.29.flo/script/pgsql_simple_schema.sql	2008-11-13 13:32:27.000000000 +0100
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 );
 -- Add a postgis bounding box column used for indexing the location of the way.
 -- This will contain a bounding box surrounding the extremities of the way.
-SELECT AddGeometryColumn('ways', 'bbox', 4326, 'GEOMETRY', 2);
+-- SELECT AddGeometryColumn('ways', 'bbox', 4326, 'GEOMETRY', 2);
 
 
 -- Create a table for representing way to node relationships.
diff -Nur osmosis-0.29/src/com/bretth/osmosis/core/pgsql/v0_5/impl/ChangeWriter.java osmosis-0.29.flo/src/com/bretth/osmosis/core/pgsql/v0_5/impl/ChangeWriter.java
--- osmosis-0.29/src/com/bretth/osmosis/core/pgsql/v0_5/impl/ChangeWriter.java	2008-07-05 00:14:18.000000000 +0200
+++ osmosis-0.29.flo/src/com/bretth/osmosis/core/pgsql/v0_5/impl/ChangeWriter.java	2008-11-13 13:27:44.000000000 +0100
@@ -36,15 +36,6 @@
 		"INSERT INTO node_tags (node_id, k, v) VALUES (?, ?, ?)";
 	private static final String DELETE_SQL_NODE_TAG =
 		"DELETE FROM node_tags WHERE node_id = ?";
-	private static final String UPDATE_NODE_WAY_BBOX =
-		"UPDATE ways w SET bbox = (" +
-		" SELECT Envelope(Collect(n.geom))" +
-		" FROM nodes n INNER JOIN way_nodes wn ON wn.node_id = n.id" +
-		" WHERE wn.way_id = w.id" +
-		" )" +
-		" WHERE w.id IN (" +
-		" SELECT w.id FROM ways w INNER JOIN way_nodes wn ON w.id = wn.way_id WHERE wn.node_id = ? GROUP BY w.id" +
-		" )";
 	private static final String INSERT_SQL_WAY =
 		"INSERT INTO ways (id, user_name, tstamp) VALUES (?, ?, ?)";
 	private static final String DELETE_SQL_WAY =
@@ -57,13 +48,6 @@
 		"INSERT INTO way_nodes (way_id, node_id, sequence_id) VALUES (?, ?, ?)";
 	private static final String DELETE_SQL_WAY_NODE =
 		"DELETE FROM way_nodes WHERE way_id = ?";
-	private static final String UPDATE_WAY_BBOX =
-		"UPDATE ways SET bbox = (" +
-		" SELECT Envelope(Collect(geom))" +
-		" FROM nodes JOIN way_nodes ON way_nodes.node_id = nodes.id" +
-		" WHERE way_nodes.way_id = ways.id" +
-		" )" +
-		" WHERE ways.id = ?";
 	private static final String INSERT_SQL_RELATION =
 		"INSERT INTO relations (id, user_name, tstamp) VALUES (?, ?, ?)";
 	private static final String DELETE_SQL_RELATION =
@@ -200,7 +184,6 @@
 			deleteNodeStatement = dbCtx.prepareStatement(DELETE_SQL_NODE);
 			insertNodeTagStatement = dbCtx.prepareStatement(INSERT_SQL_NODE_TAG);
 			deleteNodeTagStatement = dbCtx.prepareStatement(DELETE_SQL_NODE_TAG);
-			updateNodeWayPreparedStatement = dbCtx.prepareStatement(UPDATE_NODE_WAY_BBOX);
 		}
 		
 		// Delete any existing records for the node.
@@ -232,12 +215,6 @@
 			writeEntityTags(insertNodeTagStatement, node);
 
 			prmIndex = 1;
-			try {
-				updateNodeWayPreparedStatement.setLong(prmIndex++, node.getId());
-				updateNodeWayPreparedStatement.executeUpdate();
-			} catch (SQLException e) {
-				throw new OsmosisRuntimeException("Unable to update way bboxes related to node " + node.getId() + ".", e);
-			}
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -267,7 +244,6 @@
 			deleteWayTagStatement = dbCtx.prepareStatement(DELETE_SQL_WAY_TAG);
 			insertWayNodeStatement = dbCtx.prepareStatement(INSERT_SQL_WAY_NODE);
 			deleteWayNodeStatement = dbCtx.prepareStatement(DELETE_SQL_WAY_NODE);
-			updateWayBboxStatement = dbCtx.prepareStatement(UPDATE_WAY_BBOX);
 		}
 		
 		// Delete any existing records for the way.
@@ -326,12 +302,6 @@
 				}
 				
 				prmIndex = 1;
-				try {
-					updateWayBboxStatement.setLong(prmIndex++, way.getId());
-					updateWayBboxStatement.executeUpdate();
-				} catch (SQLException e) {
-					throw new OsmosisRuntimeException("Unable to update bbox for way " + way.getId() + ".", e);
-				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff -Nur osmosis-0.29/src/com/bretth/osmosis/core/pgsql/v0_5/PostgreSqlWriter.java osmosis-0.29.flo/src/com/bretth/osmosis/core/pgsql/v0_5/PostgreSqlWriter.java
--- osmosis-0.29/src/com/bretth/osmosis/core/pgsql/v0_5/PostgreSqlWriter.java	2008-07-05 00:14:16.000000000 +0200
+++ osmosis-0.29.flo/src/com/bretth/osmosis/core/pgsql/v0_5/PostgreSqlWriter.java	2008-11-13 13:27:44.000000000 +0100
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@
 		"DROP INDEX idx_nodes_geom",
 		"DROP INDEX idx_way_tags_way_id",
 		"DROP INDEX idx_relation_tags_relation_id",
-		"DROP INDEX idx_ways_bbox"
 	};
 	
 	private static final String POST_LOAD_SQL[] = {
@@ -68,8 +67,6 @@
 		"CREATE INDEX idx_nodes_geom ON nodes USING gist (geom)",
 		"CREATE INDEX idx_way_tags_way_id ON way_tags USING btree (way_id)",
 		"CREATE INDEX idx_relation_tags_relation_id ON relation_tags USING btree (relation_id)",
-		"UPDATE ways SET bbox = (SELECT Envelope(Collect(geom)) FROM nodes JOIN way_nodes ON way_nodes.node_id = nodes.id WHERE way_nodes.way_id = ways.id)",
-		"CREATE INDEX idx_ways_bbox ON ways USING gist (bbox)"
 	};