[OSM-talk] Tile API

[Joshua Marinacci]

Thank you for your kind words, Andrew.

Open Street Maps is a very exciting project and I would love to help  
you guys get the word out. Over the next few months I will be  
releasing several mapping components and demos which will all  
incorporate the Open Street Maps.  I will be sure to post here before  
I release things. I think that you will get a lot of interest and new  
users over the next six months. Especially as you improve your tools  
to make it easier for new users to contribute.

The more I think about it, OSM really is a crazy idea that simply  
shouldn't work. But you guys are making it happen. I'm really impressed.

Good luck!
	Josh

On Feb 16, 2007, at 1:42 AM, Andrew Rowbottom wrote:

> 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!

- Blasting forth in three part harmony!


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