I asked the admins for the same reasons, but became no response. If they
can provide me some new logs, I would do a visualisation again, to see
if the apps traffic is still falling.
bye
Matthias
Am 21.11.2011 00:25, schrieb Václav Řehák:
Hello,
(I don't know if this mailling list is the right one for the
discussion, so please let me know if there is a more appropriate place
to do so.)
I would like to start a discussion on blocking several (mobile)
applications on the tile server [1]. I understand the reasons why
server administrators took this action and agree that it was necessary
to prevent abusing the servers by a minority of the users. On the
other hand, it should be noted, that most if not all application
developers reacted in a desirable way and fixed their apps. Shouldn't
we reconsider the blocking then?
The reason I'm writting is because I am using one of blocked apps,
Locus [2]. The author of Locus reacted by disabling download from OSM
tile servers, reducing the limit on online browsing, adding vector
maps support with some precompiled maps linked from his web and by
starting the process to build his own tile server [3]. Isn't this
enough to ublock the app?
I use Locus for mapping because I don't know any other as powerful
Android application. For normal map browsing I use offline tiles
downloaded from my own tile server and sometimes the vector map
(outdated copy though). But when I go for a mapping trip I need to see
as recent data as possible on the highest zoom available to decide
e.g. which of the tracks there is not yet mapped, whether a particular
POI is already mapped, etc. You get my point...
Is there anything that can be done to unblock fixed applications?
And if there is no will to change the situation, can you recommend me
another Android app for displaying OSM tiles and track recording?
Thanks.
Vaclav
[1] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Blocked_applications
[2] http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Locus
[3] http://forum.asamm.cz/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1166#p6870
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