<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 15:49, Patrick Kilian <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:osm@petschge.de">osm@petschge.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hi,<br>
<div class="im"><br>
>> If you want to use an OSM service in one of your applications, then I<br>
>> would suggest firstly, and most importantly, that the application<br>
</div>>> doesn't have a *.<a href="http://openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">openstreetmap.org</a> <<a href="http://openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">http://openstreetmap.org</a>> URL<br>
<div class="im">>> embedded anywhere in the code.<br>
> Come on. Does that mean that we cannot use "<a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/api" target="_blank">www.openstreetmap.org/api</a><br>
</div>> <<a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/api" target="_blank">http://www.openstreetmap.org/api</a>>" to update the database?<br>
This one might be ok. Iff you make your users sign up for OSM and have<br>
them read and understand the limits e.g. on acceptable sources.<br>
<br>
<br>
> That "<a href="http://tile.openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">tile.openstreetmap.org</a> <<a href="http://tile.openstreetmap.org" target="_blank">http://tile.openstreetmap.org</a>>" can<br>
<div class="im">> disappear in 2 weeks time?<br>
</div>Very unlikely. But it might if the hardware catches on fire. And you<br>
should definitely NOT hardcode that URL into your application. The<br>
application should talk to your server(s) only. In the start you could<br>
redirect or proxy the request on your server. If later you app is used<br>
by 1 million users you can run your own tileserver under that URL. And<br>
once you reach 2 billion users you can run a load balance there.<br>
<br>
All without changing a single rolled-out copy of your app, just by<br>
reconfiguring a single point - your server.<br>
<br>
And if the OSM hardware ever burns down you can still feed you<br>
application from your proxy or even start to render from the last saved<br>
planet dump.<br><br></blockquote><div>While I'd completely agree in a business world, don't forget we are FLOSS developers working on software in our free time.</div><div><br></div><div>We don't (at least I don't, and I doubt Marble has) have "a server". OSMF do.</div>
<div>Just put a big red sticker on the wiki saying "ABSOLUTELY DO NOT USE OUR WEB SERVICES, SETUP YOUR OWN!", then...</div><div><br></div><div>- Chris - </div></div>