[OSM-talk] Blocked applications at tile server

[Peter Wendorff]

Hi.
I think, the problem is, that Locus MAY BE used in a bad way by bulk 
downloading.
As long as it's used like a browser it would not be a problem and the 
lock could be removed (I'm pretty sure then that would not be a problem 
even for the admins).
But as it's not distinguishable currently how it's used, it's not 
possible to do a finer blocking against "bad users" while not blocking 
"good users" collaterally.

regards
Peter

Am 21.11.2011 14:13, schrieb Václav Řehák:
>> Perhaps to download the very fresh OSM data as vectors? Something like the data
>> layer we have in the standard OSM web map.
> Do you have real experience with this?
>
> I didn't investigate it in details, but it seems to me that I need per
> country dump from geofabrik.de (~ 230 MB in pbf for Czech Republic),
> run some processing using osmosis plugin [1] and copy the resulting
> 270 MB map file to my phone. I can do this once in a while but it does
> not sound like convenient solution. And for sure it's not user
> friendly for potential new mappers.
>
> As I stated in my first e-mail, I understand why it is necessary to
> protect the servers from abusing. But why is access by (now well
> behaving) mobile app considered as abusing while acess by mobile
> browser is OK is really difficult to understand. And why is Locus
> blocked while other less popular apps providing the same functionality
> are allowed is also strange.
>
> Btw, thanks for updating the wiki page on Locus. It is now much more
> helpful by providing usage info on the vector maps though it does not
> solve my use case.
>
> [1] http://code.google.com/p/mapsforge/wiki/MapFileWriterOsmosis
>
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