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<p>Actually that decision (to limit tile access to the project) has
already been made, see
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<p>Not that I'm claiming that we should still consider that to be
current, but it is interesting from an historic pov.</p>
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I was in the EU this week and had tile problems.<br>
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The obvious thing is the board should decide and mandate OWG to
not be the world's free tile server and block tiles to sites
outside osm and sister projects (for example maproulette). That
would solve the problem as I understand it, instantly, without
all the money and people problems. This is the only real
solution because more and more people will abuse the tile
servers if we just add capacity.<br>
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My understanding is that this issue has been with the board for
many years, and I applaud Grant and everyone else for making
this stuff work in the mean time whole the board has been
focusing on more pressing issues.<br>
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Best<br>
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Clifford Snow <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:clifford@snowandsnow.us"><clifford@snowandsnow.us></a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 27, 2020 8:31:29 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> OSMF Talk <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org"><osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Osmf-talk] February 27th Board Meeting</font>
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<div dir="ltr">I listened in on today's Board meeting. I'd like
to suggest going forward that the Board get regular status
reports from the Operations Working Group. Lately tile have
been slow to load, at least in the US. Grant Slater has been
great about communicating with the community when problems
arise.
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<div>Since running the servers is one of the few actual
responsibilities the Foundation has, it should be one of the
key priorities. According to Grant, we need about 30% more
capacity. OWG is also looking for more members to help. (I'd
love to volunteer, but my background, telecommunications,
mainly involved getting data between data centers and the
user) Having the Board step up to insure our IT
infrastructure is capable of meeting the needs of the user
would be a welcome step.</div>
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<div>Sincerely,</div>
<div>Clifford</div>
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