ons 2016-07-13 klockan 07:16 +0200 skrev Jonas Danielsson: > Hi! > > As of recently GNOME Maps can no longer fetch tiles to display. This > is because MapQuest, > which we use as a tile provider, changed its usage policy[1]. > And we are no longer able to use the service without paying. We have > as of know no clear alternative. > > We _could_ switch to OpenStreetMap own tile servers, see patches in > bug[2]. But we would probably > violate the terms of service[3]. Unless we, as GNOME, could argue we > should be allowed.
I have made some inquiries into possibly using OpenStreeMap tiles as a temporary solution for now. An idea might be to set up a simple proxy for now pointing from tiles.gnome.org → tiles.openstreetmap.org This way we could later switch this site over to a full-blown stand- alone tile server. Although I would most probably need help in setting up a web proxy. > > This all brings me to a general status report for Maps. I have been > absent from the project lately. > The reason is lack of time and motivation. Day Job and family have > been taken front seat for awhile. > Marcus, Andreas, Amisha and the rest of the team have been keeping up > with some things. But we > no-one have been making releases. > > I will need some help. Help with contacting OpenStreetMap. Help with > finding solution to our tile > issue. I think we are going to need our own tiles.gnome.org for a map > appplication/platform > to be feasible. > > Also help with making releases and reviewing patches. It is something > I would gladly help > someone get started with. Making a release is something anyone could > do really. > > I am sorry for my neglect. And I hope I have not caused to much > frustration. > No problems! As others have also pointed out, this is all volontary stuff, so no-one should have to feel any obligations like that. //Marcus > Regards > Jonas > > [1]: http://devblog.mapquest.com/2016/06/15/modernization-of-mapquest > -results-in-changes-to-open-tile-access/ > [2]: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=764841 > [3]: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tile_usage_policy > _______________________________________________ > maps-list mailing list > maps-l...@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/maps-list _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
