[OSM-talk] Things People Say

[Cartinus]

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On 12/30/2011 04:06 PM, Thomas Davie wrote:
> On 30 Dec 2011, at 15:02, Cartinus wrote:
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>> On 12/30/2011 03:41 PM, Thomas Davie wrote:
>>> we shouldn't forget that the goal of the process is to provide
>>> high quality maps for people to use.
>> 
>> Have you ever read the tile usage policy?
>> 
>> How many "iDroid" apps were blocked from using OSM's tile server
>> and told to brew their own tiles?
>> 
>> The OSM project doesn't have the resources to provide ready made
>> maps for everyone. If you want OSM to be able to do that, then
>> start working on a viable plan to get those resources.
> 
> The tile usage policy that says roughly "use this for your personal
> benefit, don't scrape them" – iDroid apps don't get blocked because
> they let people look at the map, they get blocked because they
> create unnecessary load in some way (e.g. by scraping)
> 
> Tom Davie

And if everyone is going to use our map, then we run into exactly the
same problem as when a single person is scraping.

You're still only demanding and don't have a plan, worse you actually
deny we need a plan.

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m.v.g.,
Cartinus
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