<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 6:33 PM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dieterdreist@gmail.com">dieterdreist@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
2011/5/5 Grant Slater <<a href="mailto:openstreetmap@firefishy.com">openstreetmap@firefishy.com</a>>:<br>
<div class="im"><br></div>What about changing the tile urls frequently? This could be automated<br>
and synchronized with the start page and would stop those apps quite<br>
fast (at least until they start making the urls in their app dynamic<br>
and synchronize as well).<br>
</blockquote><div> </div><div>That would punish everyone, even those apps that adhere to the policy. I see no reason to prevent access to an app which just mimics the browser and shows a limited map area, uses throttling and caches those tiles for more than a week.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Besides, this would not really help OSM spread its word. I'm sure there are better ways of dealing with offenders. </div><div><br></div><div>Igor</div></div>