[OSM-newbies] Fwd: no yahoo map in potlatch

[Andy Robinson]

Roman Neumüller <email at katpatuka.org> wrote:
> Date: 25 December 2007 12:33:32 GMT
> To: steve at asklater.com
> Subject: no yahoo map in potlatch
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> Do I really have to mail YOU to ask for the missing yahoo map in
potlatch?
> The whole day now (well: 7 hours now ;-) I cannot use potlatch   because
I don't get
> the map from Yahoo!
>
> And on sunday I couldn't do nothing because the API was down for 6   hours!
>
> What's up with OSM? Too many users? Hardware not sufficent? Too many
requests?
>
> Where is the place for ask such things in the wiki?
>
> I'm editing mainly in Turkey and neighboring countries which are all
quite "virgin"...
> using potlatch (I don't want to use firefox (being Opera user) so I
cannot use JOSM)
>
> Roman
>
> --
> http://katpatuka.org --
>

The Yahoo Imagery is provided by Yahoo via their API. OpenStreetMap
does not have any agreement regarding availability of the Yahoo API,
we take what they have to offer when its available.

With respect to the OSM API there are times when it falls over and it
can take a few hours to come back up if the volunteers are busy
elsewhere. While we try to maintain full sysadmins cover its not
always practicable. The two main places where you can find information
on the OSM platform status are the main page of the wiki
(http://wiki.openstretmap.org) or on the #OSM channel on IRC
(irc://irc.oftc.net #osm).

Otherwise questions like this are best sent to this Newbies or the
main talk mailing list rather than sending to individuals.

Cheers,

Andy Robinson (blackadder)





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Andy Robinson