> A fixed application would be one that does not use the OSM tile servers. The > tile usage policy gives the example of distributing an app using tiles from > tile.openstreetmap.org as an activity which is forbidden without prior > permission from system administrators.
Well, and what is your recommended way to do the mapping then? I go for a walk to a forest close to my city and choose one track/path to follow (usually based on a commercial map loaded in Locus). I see the track record as an overlay on either the commercial or OSM map so I immediatelly see both erros in the commercial map (quite common) and incorrectly mapped OSM tracks (suprisingly even more common in my area). When I return home I process the results of my survey in JOSM and upload it. The next day I go for another walk to the same area and based on the already updated OSM tiles (online browsing in Locus) I either verify I mapped everything correctly and/or follow another path taking different branches on crossroads etc. Any tile server provided by the app author will be way behind in the updates. I expect the Locus tile server to be updated once in a week or so making it unusable for my weekend mapping trips. Sure, I can use a webrowser as suggested by Mike N but 1) I cannot see my exact position and the track log there and 2) it's inconvenient enough to switch beetween Locus and camera app and if I add web browser to the mix it's gonna be even more time consuming. And the load on the tile server would be exactly the same as if I could use the tiles in Locus directly. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk