[OSM-talk] Tile API

[Andrew Rowbottom]

in response to Josh's question:
> 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?

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

For those who don't know Josh is IMHO a very respected Java blogger,
and I'm fairly sure that a very large number of Java programmers read
his blog. What I'm trying to say is that if Josh references a program
on his site that in turn uses OSM tiles there will probably be an
awful lot of interest.

Josh himself can probably provide more information on the likely
impact on the number of requests.

I think that it might be worth preparing for a sudden, if brief, surge
in requests, on the plus side think of the publicity!


Andrew Rowbottom
P.S.
It's really nice to see that some-one as prestigious as Joshy is
looking at OSM even just as a data source, times are a changing!