[OSM-talk] Things People Say

[Thomas Davie]

On 30 Dec 2011, at 15:11, Cartinus wrote:

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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.
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>>> Have you ever read the tile usage policy?
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>>> How many "iDroid" apps were blocked from using OSM's tile server
>>> and told to brew their own tiles?
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>>> 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.
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>> 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)
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>> Tom Davie
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> And if everyone is going to use our map, then we run into exactly the
> same problem as when a single person is scraping.
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> You're still only demanding and don't have a plan, worse you actually
> deny we need a plan.

The problem with this being that what you're suggesting comes much further down the line.  The whole world using and caring about open street map is rather a nice problem to have is it not?

Tom Davie