[OSM-dev] Some advice for a new OSM client

[Matthias Meißer]

Hi Abhi,

well some Tile server have a usage policy, so make sure you respect it. 
We already had apps that crashed our platform caused by a to high load.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tile_usage_policy

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/TMS
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tileserver
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Featured_tiles

A own server would be a very good idea, see
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mapnik

I don't remember a ready to use solution for vector rendering, but check 
this out
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Develop/Frameworks

bye
Matthias