[Marble-devel] [OSM-dev] NOTICE: gazetteer.osm.org being retired

[Patrick Kilian]

Hi,

>> If you want to use an OSM service in one of your applications, then I
>> would suggest firstly, and most importantly, that the application
>> doesn't have a *.openstreetmap.org <http://openstreetmap.org> URL
>> embedded anywhere in the code.
> Come on. Does that mean that we cannot use "www.openstreetmap.org/api
> <http://www.openstreetmap.org/api>" to update the database?
This one might be ok. Iff you make your users sign up for OSM and have
them read and understand the limits e.g. on acceptable sources.


> That "tile.openstreetmap.org <http://tile.openstreetmap.org>" can
> disappear in 2 weeks time?
Very unlikely. But it might if the hardware catches on fire. And you
should definitely NOT hardcode that URL into your application. The
application should talk to your server(s) only. In the start you could
redirect or proxy the request on your server. If later you app is used
by 1 million users you can run your own tileserver under that URL. And
once you reach 2 billion users you can run a load balance there.

All without changing a single rolled-out copy of your app, just by
reconfiguring a single point - your server.

And if the OSM hardware ever burns down you can still feed you
application from your proxy or even start to render from the last saved
planet dump.


HTH,
Patrick "Petschge" Kilian