Hi, On 12/15/10 19:54, Wyo wrote:
Just tell me, how many people, who don't get paid for the work, have set up their own XAPI server? A handful or a dozens, wordwide? Sorry forgive me my harsh words, yet the current procedure to set up an XAPI server is useless. For most interested people this is simply out of reach.
There are many things I am interested in but which are out of reach for me. I guess I'll either have to work on bringing them within reach, or I'll have to live with them being out of reach.
Sure it's a nice thing to be able to download a data set of all pizza joints in Spain with one simple command, but time and money has to be invested to make it possible - money to buy servers, time to install and maintain servers, time to write and maintain the software.
If I were an OSM admin, and I'm not, I'd divert resources away from non-essential services like that and into more power for people actually editing our data any time.
If there are so many people who would like to have a well-working XAPI server or similar, let them get together, find a sponsor (that may also be some university that allows the group to use a server there), write the required software and just do it. They don't need support from OSM, OSMF, OSM Admins or anyone to get it done.
If this hasn't happened until now, then that's a clear sign that there is not enough interest or not enough willingness to invest time and money in this.
Sitting there any saying "I think OSM should make my life easier" isn't going to get anything accomplished.
Bye Frederik _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev
