Hi,<div>we have experimented with hosting the tiles on <a href="http://archive.org">archive.org</a> </div><div>there are no size limits or bandwith limits,</div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><a href="http://ia600606.us.archive.org/31/items/SharedMap2/index.html">http://ia600606.us.archive.org/31/items/SharedMap2/index.html</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>mike<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 3:45 PM, ce-test, qualified testing bv - Gert Gremmen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:g.gremmen@cetest.nl">g.gremmen@cetest.nl</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">I am a user of your product, and I think you made a nice<br>
product. I also think that now your product is mature <a href="tel:%28250000" value="+49250000">(250000</a>+),<br>
it's time for you to supply your own tiles to your users.<br>
Not only would that allow a better service to us, but also<br>
makes it possible for us to download all zoom levels<br>
and to create a better map, as you may render more<br>
then one view on the world. (cycles, walking, skiing hills etc)<br>
<br>
OSM provides free map data but:<br>
Free data is one, but free tile access is something else.<br>
<br>
The download feature of openmaps is a paid extension to<br>
openmaps.<br>
With the money it earns it may be easy to setup<br>
your own servers...<br>
<br>
A bit of negotiations with the community might even<br>
lead to mutual load sharing, a win-win for all of us.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
(Also Openmaps is not an editor, but merely a map viewer.<br>
For us to use it as an editor an additional fee<br>
needs to be paid. I think that is strange.)<br>
<br>
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<br>
Gert Gremmen<br>
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Openstreetmap.nl (alias: cetest)<br>
Before printing, think about the environment.<br>
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-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----<br>
Van: Zsombor Szabó [mailto:<a href="mailto:zsombor@gmail.com">zsombor@gmail.com</a>]<br>
Verzonden: Saturday, October 08, 2011 2:40 PM<br>
Aan: OSM Talk<br>
Onderwerp: [OSM-talk] OpenMaps App Blocked By OpenStreetMap<br>
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Dear OSMers,<br>
<br>
we, the developers of OpenMaps, wrote a blog post about OpenMaps<br>
getting blocked by OpenStreetMap Mapnik tile servers:<br>
<a href="http://blog.izeize.com/2011/10/openmaps-app-blocked-by-openstreetmap.html" target="_blank">http://blog.izeize.com/2011/10/openmaps-app-blocked-by-openstreetmap.html</a><br>
<br>
For convenience I pasted the whole text of the blog post below:<br>
<br>
Earlier this week it came to my attention that OpenMaps' access was<br>
blocked to the OpenStreetMap "Mapnik" tile servers.<br>
<br>
We suspect that the reason why it was blocked is a tool named the<br>
Download tool. The Download tool enables users to download an area of<br>
a map from a given map tile server, even custom ones. Users were using<br>
this tool to download map tiles from the OpenStreetMap "Mapnik" tile<br>
servers and with this behavior they were violating the tile usage<br>
policy of OpenStreetMap.<br>
<br>
We are very sorry for causing such a problem for the OpenStreetMap<br>
project. To our defense, the tile usage policy wasn't available when<br>
we first introduced the Download tool in OpenMaps.<br>
<br>
Today we submitted an updated version (v4.5.4) of OpenMaps to the App<br>
Store and are waiting for approval from Apple. The following<br>
modifications were made to the app:<br>
- Download tool is still present with a clear discouraging message<br>
that it should not be used in abusive behavior.<br>
- Maximum of 2 download threads.<br>
- Download disabled for 17, 18 and 19 zoom levels.<br>
- User agent of non-bulk downloading of map tiles was changed to<br>
"Op3nMaps(Not.Bulk.Download)/x CFNetwork/x Darwin/x" while the user<br>
agent for bulk downloading remains unmodified (OpenMaps/x CFNetwork/x<br>
Darwin/x).<br>
<br>
This way browsing and bulk downloading users can clearly be identified<br>
on the server side and throttled or banned if necessary.<br>
<br>
This is our short term solution for the problem, but the long term<br>
solution is clearly a vector based renderer. I previously alluded that<br>
it is coming on my twitter profile.<br>
<br>
About OpenMaps:<br>
OpenMaps is a powerful iOS app based on maps and web services around<br>
OpenStreetMap. To date it was downloaded more than <a href="tel:250.000" value="+49250000">250.000</a> times and<br>
as of <a href="tel:2011.09.07" value="+4920110907">2011.09.07</a> it is the 7th most popular OSM editor.<br>
<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
Zsombor Szabo<br>
IZE, Ltd.<br>
<a href="http://izeize.com" target="_blank">http://izeize.com</a><br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>James Michael DuPont<br>Member of Free Libre Open Source Software Kosova <a href="http://flossk.org" target="_blank">http://flossk.org</a><br>
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