As the live update works with tiny files (just the diffs), the live update system won't need much processing power in comparison with the complete map. I can understand why the live updates are working well and the normal maps are struggling.
What I would prefer would be free live update for mappers instead of the current schema. I am active mapper myself, but the current method is promoting low-quality edits, IMHO. It is counting only the number of changesets, not the number and quality of changes. In theory, the most problematic and discussed mapper active in our country , who we had to stop several times, would get paid for the problems he brings into the map. He just didn't ask for the payment, as far as I can see. On Thursday, 4 July 2019 07:30:29 UTC+2, Mark Begbie wrote: > > I totally get that the map updates are getting more complex. I'm trying > to build New Zealand on a Win 10 Core i7 with 8GB of RAM and struggling. > > What I do NOT get at all, is how on the one hand it takes almost a month > to update the map for one group of users and yet for another group it's > done hourly. Something just smells really bad about that. > > I get, too, that developers need to find ways to deliver recurrent revenue > and one time subscriptions with forever map downloads doesn't deliver > that. Perhaps ending the one-time payment option would be a way to go? I > don't know. Getting a little off topic now, but another thing that worries > me is the mapper payments reference in the OSMAnd live information. I > spend a lot of time mapping, and I don't expect to be paid. What worries > me though, is if there's a precedent set for paying for content it could > upset and derail the whole free input free output model that the OSM data > set is built on. Payments should relate to value add services on top of > the data, which should be available to all. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Osmand" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to osmand+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/osmand/75f6fe62-9aaa-4d24-970a-dd157be9db62%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
