[OSM-dev] API/XAPI caching proxy server

Peter Körner osm-lists at mazdermind.de
Thu Dec 16 16:51:45 GMT 2010


Am 16.12.2010 17:18, schrieb Philipp Borgers:
> Sorry I don't agree that xapi is a non-essential service. It's one of
> the easiest ways to get osm data and we should provide easy access to
> our data in as many ways as possible. I general it I think osm should
> provide stronger infrastructure around all data available. This concerns
> a special tiles, database, search (nominatim), routing. We have enough
> resources. Manpower as well as money. We should invest more in our
> infrastructure.
I'm sorry - where do we have that? The Community needs one or two other 
dev Servers, maybe you could take the money we have an buy us some?

> I'm part of a student group. We try to establish our own osm
> infrastructure and would like to integrate into the greater osm
> infrastructure. So somehow we need support from OSMF, OSM-Admins as well
> as theosm-community.
There is no need to integrate. Just put the Addresses of your Servers on 
the ML and the Wiki and let us use it. What do you want to integrate more?

> We are going to setup one tile cache and a database mirror. We would
> like to "rewrite" search functionality and perhaps xapi ;)
Thank you for volunteering.

 > At the moment
> we are writing some javascript/ajax/frontend-foo and analyse the logs of
> osm tile servers and generating heatsmaps of http access. We are going
> to simulate a tile-cache setup with several caches in the future.
Nice, a tile cache in Germany. Please put the link on the ML and on the 
Wiki if you're ready.

>> If this hasn't happened until now, then that's a clear sign that there
>> is not enough interest or not enough willingness to invest time and
>> money in this.
>
> Our problem is money which osm could provide.
Above you wrote you had 'Manpower as well as money'. What do you need 
even more money for?

Peter



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