In my OpenLayers application application, the user will have the option of
using many types of basemaps: google, bing, yahoo, OSM, plus some custom types.
I see that in the terms of usage for google, bing, and yahoo, it says that
geocoding results must be used with the corresponding map (e.g.,
A requirement of my application is to be able to do geocoding (street address
to lon/lat) and reverse geocoding (lon/lat to nearby street address) without an
internet connection, mainly for the United States.
I am trying to find the best source of data for this. I can use the 2010 TIGER
files,
I have mapnik installed on my Windows PC, and have been successfully generating
OSM-style tiles.
I also wanted to generate tiles using the MapQuest open style .xml files (the
US versions): http://developer.mapquest.com/web/products/open/map/style
I believe I have all the .inc.template files
From reading
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/MapQuest
I am not clear if I am allowed to scrape and cache tiles using URLs of the form
http://otile1.mqcdn.com/tiles/1.0.0/osm/8/126/87.png
Am I allowed to scrape (and cache, and serve) as many of those as I want as
long as I don't request
4 matches
Mail list logo
