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Wonder if lots of people will jump to OpenStreetMap without realizing their open tile servers aren't a free-for-all? https://operations.osmfoundation.org/polici
by 0x0 9y ago
Wonder if lots of people will jump to OpenStreetMap without realizing their open tile servers aren't a free-for-all? https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/tiles/ https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/tiles/
- rmc 9y agoThe osm.org tile servers are run by unpaid volunteers, on donated hosting. So yes, they won't let you do whatever you want. But with OSM you can self host and get the same as what's on osm.org
- mgmtconsultant 9y agoThis will probably be a huge boost to Mapbox - they have great tech, are built on top of OSM, and have much better pricing
- NKosmatos 9y agoAs you correctly state, their servers aren’t free and hammering them will incur a ban. On the other hand if you are a high profile user why not copy the free data from http://planet.openstreetmap.org http://planet.openstreetmap.org and have your own server? Or if this is technically difficult, you can find paid for services with OSM data (I guess if you go down this road, it’s like paying Google)
- lallysingh 9y agoThere were easy to use docker images for serving your own, the last time I checked a few years ago.