Why not use TileJSON? http://mapbox.com/developers/tilejson/
Igor On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 7:12 AM, Kai Krueger <[email protected]> wrote: > On 07/10/2012 01:38 PM, Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr) wrote: > > I've been wondering if it would be possible to put a fixed URL on the tile > and/or API servers that application programs could fetch to retrieve the > current attribution string for that particular tile server? Something like > 0/0/0.txt or some-such that we could simply code into the tile-based > clients to fetch the desired string instead of coding it directly in the > clients? > > I think this sounds like a good idea. Rather than 0/0/0.txt, I would use a > name like attribution.txt or license.txt in the base directory of the tile > style. It allows for different attribution for different styles on the same > server while still having a meaningful name. > > In addition I would suggest to add an attribution.html that has the > attribution string as a html snippet with the correct hyperlink to the > license and contributors. > > If people think this is useful, I could add this to mod_tile to help > standardize the attribution URL. > > Kai > > > Since we all have to go in and change the attribution anyway, now might be > a really good time to make it a fetchable string. > > Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ > > PS. I'm proposing a plain text string that can then be integrated into a > client display here. Another fixed URL per tile server could provide the > reference URL string so that said applications can make the text > attribution a link going there. > > On 7/10/2012 3:32 PM, Michael Collinson wrote: > > Hi Paul, > > We discussed this tonight at LWG > https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1W7eh17a7cEUilpbictKYnWJfHoxIcA1W_tPEmqvmDkcitem > 5 > > We do not think temporary dual-licensing is particularly practical or > necessary provided that we allow consumers reasonable time to make their > attribution string changes. We are happy to re-visit this if there is any > strong reason we are not seeing. > > Mike > LWG > > >* From: Richard Fairhurst [mailto:richard at systemeD.net > ><http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev>]*>* Subject: [OSM-dev] Licence > >redaction ready to begin*>* *>* Once it is complete, we will be ready to > >distribute data under the ODbL*>* and we'll advise of that with a separate > >announcement. The final pre-*>* redaction dataset available under CC-BY-SA > >has now been generated at*>* > >http://planet.openstreetmap.org/planet-120704.osm.bz2 . Where data has*>* > >been redacted, any attempt to access it from the API or the site's*>* > >'browse' pages will return a response to that effect.* > To transition from tiles derived from a CC BY-SA source to tiles derived > from a ODbL source will require changing the attribution and regenerating > all tiles so that CC BY-SA data is not mis-represented as being ODbL data. > What time period will data be available under dual licenses so that tile > servers will not have to reload their database then immediately delete every > cached tile when changing their attribution? > > When I discussed this with Frederik awhile back I suggested publishing the > first post-redaction planet as dual-licensed as well as one week of diffs to > allow tile servers to continue to serve old CC BY-SA tiles and re-render > over the course of a week. > > At the very least I would suggest distributing the first post-redaction > planet as dual-licensed for the simple reason that all the information to > create it will be available as CC BY-SA. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing > [email protected]http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev > >
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