[OSM-talk] Tile API

[SteveC]

Joshua Marinacci wrote:
> Ah. That works. Great. Thanks!
> 
> Here is a screenshot of a simple application using the JXMapViewer 
> configured to use the tile.openstreetmap.org tileserver. 
> 
> http://files.joshy.org/files/joshy/blog/swinglabs/osmdemo/swinglabstileserver.OSMMapTestScreenSnapz001.png
> 
> And here is a screenshot of a different demo I made. This shows you the 
> kinds of things you can easily do with the JXMapViewer and JXMapKit (two 
> components in SwingLabs).  Since this is all done in Swing you could use 
> this as an application or an applet, or embed it in your own program 
> very easily.
> 
> http://files.joshy.org/files/joshy/blog/swinglabs/osmdemo/sun.applet.AppletViewerScreenSnapz001.png

Nice.

> So what are the terms of use of tile.openstreetmap.org?  I know that the 
> mapping data is under the Creative Commons license, but what about the 
> terms of use for the tile server itself?

The same... and a general 'please dont hammer it' request :-)

have fun,

SteveC steve at asklater.com http://www.asklater.com/steve/