> So it may be that it sounds like a good idea to be a "data provider" and > that other people will provide the primary user-facing interface to your > data, but that in fact if you want it done well what you have to do is > go out there and do it yourself. :-) > > We're currently caught between the two positions. > > If we are only a data provider, why is the Cycle Map not hosted > elsewhere and linked to from www.openstreetmap.org, along with any other > interesting maps and views that people provide?
The cycle map _is_ hosted elsewhere. There is no OSM(F) resources being used to design, render, or host this map... other than the weekly planet dump we grab. The osm front page happens to link the tiles directly... as do quite a few other people it has to be said. Last month it served approximately 200GB of tiles... I think about half of them have referrers other than the osm.org website. So the osm.org website could disappear tomorrow, and we would still be providing this map. Dave _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
