[OSM-talk] Stricter tile usage policy just introduced?

[Matija Nalis]

Also see the https://github.com/openstreetmap/operations/issues/601 for
common problem, if you have not yet resolved the issue (or if someone else
stumbles upon this problem)

On Tue, 15 Mar 2022 13:07:33 +0000, Nick Whitelegg via talk <talk at openstreetmap.org> wrote:
>
> Hello Tom,
>
> OK - I will ask for the headers.
>
> Thanks,
> Nick
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Tom Hughes <tom at compton.nu>
> Sent: 15 March 2022 11:59
> To: Nick Whitelegg <nick.whitelegg at solent.ac.uk>; osm-talk <talk at openstreetmap.org>
> Subject: Re: Stricter tile usage policy just introduced?
>
> On 15/03/2022 11:21, Nick Whitelegg via talk wrote:
>
>> Has there been a tightening-up of the usage policy to prohibit even low
>> volume use of the tile server? Reading the policy it still states:
>> "Heavy use (e.g. distributing an app that uses tiles from
>> openstreetmap.org) is*forbidden*without prior permission from
>> theOperations Working Group
>> <https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwiki.osmfoundation.org%2Fwiki%2FOperations_Working_Group&data=04%7C01%7Cnick.whitelegg%40solent.ac.uk%7C142d3b59c31f4fe3379308da067d9bc7%7Cd684e4cd491a4577bf33546478d72e3c%7C0%7C0%7C637829434259011659%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C2000&sdata=PJuIjchzj6IAeC%2FqQZUWl3pMsQN8B%2Fb4ZFeqwpzDahc%3D&reserved=0>. See
>> below for alternatives."
>
> The policy has not changed.
>
> There has been some additional enforcement added over
> the weekend to block clients which are not complying with
> the rules around identifiable user agents/referers.
>
> It's possible something is misfiring of course but we'd
> need more detail of what request headers are being sent
> for the requests which fail.
>
> Tom
>
> --
> Tom Hughes (tom at compton.nu)
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