Q: It is possible to reduce shp-size oder remove the dependency?

[mattmeye]

Hello,

i try to figure out a solution of node-mapnik, carto with osm-bright on a aws lambda function. Actually i exeed the space limit of 512 mb space. Therefore i have some questions:

For what are the shapefiles used?
It is possible to cut off the dependencies to the shapefiles or reduce the unpacked size? What is the impact?
It is possible to use to split the "whole world files" in smaller parts, eg. continents?

Many thanks,
Matthias