[OSM-talk] We Need to Stop Google's Exploitation of Open Communities

[Ian Dees]

On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Bernhard Zwischenbrugger <
bz at datenkueche.com> wrote:

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>>  If you don't mind about being open, why are you not just using Google's
>> data already?
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> Hello,
>
> thank you for your insightful comment, I will move immediately to Google
> and start using their data directly. Can you point out to me where I can
> access their data so I can make an efficient use of them?
>
> Where can I access the OSM data?
>
> I know it is possible to download the hole planet, setup a database,... but
> that's not an easy task.
>
> I'm a teacher and my students are able to load data from an API and display
> the data on a map.
> Last year we did some projects using XAPI - but then xapi was broken.
>
> We had about 100 API Requests per week. For that amount of requests it
> makes no sense to have a local copy of the db.
> But without db we are not able to read osm data.
>
> Without data everything is tile based and that's the same as google and
> bing are offering.
> MapQuest is offering XAPI now - but will it still be available in 2 month?
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Why wouldn't it be? Do MapQuest's open services have a history of
disappearing?

Also, jxapi.openstreetmap.org has been serving XAPI data for just about two
months now.
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