Hi Rodolfo, Reply per snippet...
On Thu, 30 May 2019 at 19:38, Justmapzz Rodolfo <rodo...@justmapzz.com> wrote: > > Here is another victim of your usage policy. > I am the main developer of Justmapzz, which uses GMAP.NET for map viewing. > Since 2 days our users can no longer view OSM, because you blocked that > library for everybody. > We have always used GMAP.NET "as is", without diving into the code. > Now that Grant Slater indicated a portion of the code that defines a > user-agent, I had a close look at that detail and I must admit, that this > definition of the user-agent gives room for doubt, but mainly because it > makes it more difficult for you to develop server behaviour, based on the > user-agent info. > So I changed the definition of the user-agent to a fixed string complying > with the directions for the syntax of user-agents and checked the response of > your tile server to discover that nothing has changed, still error 403. > Apparently you use more filter conditions. For the benefit of others, here is the semi-random generated User-Agent the GMAP.NET library creates: https://github.com/radioman/greatmaps/blob/master/GMap.NET.Core/GMap.NET.MapProviders/GMapProvider.cs#L333-L336 And the GMAP.net's developer's response: https://github.com/radioman/greatmaps/issues/132 > But wait a minute! A user agent was not designed for access control, but > mainly for indicating the nature of a request initiator (=the software) to > optimize the web response (an exception to this is the detection and blocking > of bots). Yes, please review the "Technical Usage Requirements" here: https://operations.osmfoundation.org/policies/tiles/ and once you are in compliance the tiles will work for you again. The service is free. We are not paid for you using it. I am a volunteer. The service is primarily for OpenStreetMap mappers and hobbyists doing cool and novel things. > That is why the vast majority of service providers use license keys, or > whatever they call them. > Then every web request must include the license key in order to gain access > to the requested information. > This system also makes it easy to check the usage level or block an > individual license for any reason, without affecting other users. Should we implement it them? Are you willing to develop the supporting stack for us? Who will maintain it? > In this case, it would be much easier to detect the users that cause capacity > problems and block only the problematic users, instead of "punishing" all > users of a certain app, based on the software libraries, that app uses. > Have you ever considered the introduction of a license key system? > In the mean time, what must we do to comply with your usage policy, other > than changing the user-agent, which appeared to be insufficient? > Thanks for any help. See above. Kind regards, Grant Part of the OpenStreetMap sysadmin team. _______________________________________________ dev mailing list dev@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/dev
