[Osmf-talk] Tiles

[Steve Coast]

The OSMF is seeking massive new funding while at the same time operating a global minutely updated tileserver for the entire world to use for free. It's important to note that keeping this updated (for the entire world, for free) is itself painful and expensive compared to caching the tiles.

Today, bidenlaptopmedia.com, perhaps the United States most visited website in the last 6 hours, is now using OSMF managed tiles for free.

Could we rethink this and instead limit tiles to editors, instead of seeking to expand an already free service which has plenty of commercial competition? That way, resources could be used on things that benefit OSM.

Surely potential donors will quickly realize that asking for money to expand global free services is a bottomless pit and not a very fundable proposition?

Best

Steve
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