On 30 Dec 2011, at 15:02, Cartinus wrote:
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> On 12/30/2011 03:41 PM, Thomas Davie wrote:
>> we shouldn't forget that the goal of the process is to provide high
>> quality maps for people to use.
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> Have you ever read the tile usage policy?
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> How many "iDroid" apps were blocked from using OSM's tile server and
> told to brew their own tiles?
>
> The OSM project doesn't have the resources to provide ready made maps
> for everyone. If you want OSM to be able to do that, then start
> working on a viable plan to get those resources.
The tile usage policy that says roughly "use this for your personal benefit,
don't scrape them" – iDroid apps don't get blocked because they let people look
at the map, they get blocked because they create unnecessary load in some way
(e.g. by scraping)
Tom Davie
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