2009/9/5 Apollinaris Schoell <ascho...@gmail.com>: >> I agree, maybe it's worth to have a fundraiser for a separate, >> official mapnik server + super speedy hosting (unless the people >> involved with UCL think that we can have a reliable enough connection >> hosted free by UCL, or somebody else wants to offer reliable and free >> hosting). Since it's that important for the popularity of OSM I think >> it's well within OSMF mission statement to take on such a project. >> And since CloudMade's / others' hosted tiles are also free to use, it >> would not take away any money from those companies and remove business >> opportunities. >> > > Cloudmade is already doing it. Don't know if they make business or offer it > for free here. > http://www.whitehouse.gov/change/
Right, the difference is that with an "official" tile server we could have the main page or wiki point users to it. As it is now a lot of people would not agree for the main page to recommend CloudMade as the provider of choice and indeed it may be a little unfair. Cheers _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
