[talk-au] AARnet tile cache decomissioning

[Graeme Fitzpatrick]

Message forwarded to both Forum & Discord.

Would this be anything that OSGeo could help with?

Thanks

Graeme


On Thu, 19 Sept 2024 at 08:59, Adam Steer <adam.d.steer at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi OSM'ers
>
> Back in the Jurassic (2019) I worked with AARNet to establish an
> Australian OSM tile cache.
>
> AARNet have reached out to let me know they need to decommission the
> hardware in late October this year.
>
> As far as I can see, this is Australia's only publicly listed tile cache:
>
> https://hardware.openstreetmap.org/
>
> If anyone wants to take up advocacy for a replacement with AARnet and / or
> other infrastructure providers - please do so.
>
> I've responded to AARnet to say thanks - and also open a channel for a
> replacement service. I think there's still a strong argument for publicly
> funded infrastructure.
>
> I also think hosting a whole lot of OSM mirror services would be a tiny
> drop in the bucket for some of our large organisations who extract
> significant benefit from OSM and have local hardware / data centres. If you
> have contacts with them, it is a good time to start a conversation. If they
> already exist, great!
>
> Regards
>
> Adam
>
> --
> Dr Adam Steer
> Open for consulting work
> https://iamadamsteer.com
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