I totally get that the map updates are getting more complex. I'm trying to build New Zealand on a Win 10 Core i7 with 8GB of RAM and struggling.
What I do NOT get at all, is how on the one hand it takes almost a month to update the map for one group of users and yet for another group it's done hourly. Something just smells really bad about that. I get, too, that developers need to find ways to deliver recurrent revenue and one time subscriptions with forever map downloads doesn't deliver that. Perhaps ending the one-time payment option would be a way to go? I don't know. Getting a little off topic now, but another thing that worries me is the mapper payments reference in the OSMAnd live information. I spend a lot of time mapping, and I don't expect to be paid. What worries me though, is if there's a precedent set for paying for content it could upset and derail the whole free input free output model that the OSM data set is built on. Payments should relate to value add services on top of the data, which should be available to all. On Tuesday, 18 June 2019 01:54:24 UTC+12, V S wrote: > > All maps are updated now. Please use OsmAnd Live subscription and you will > get incremental map updates every hour. > Our full generation map update is becoming more complicated and this month > it was delayed by 5 days because of hardware issues though it is expected > that it could take 2-3 weeks and maps of 1st/XX/20YY will be produced at > 20/XX/20YY > > On Friday, 14 June 2019 06:31:05 UTC+2, Mark Begbie wrote: >> >> I'm getting increasingly frustrated with the schedule for map updates. >> We're now on the 14th of June and the New Zealand map update to 1st of June >> hasn't been released yet. I could understand if it were not for Osmand >> also offering daily and hourly updates for people that pay a higher fee. >> If all maps, globally, can be updated hourly, how can it possibly be >> justifiable to take over two weeks to roll that update out to other users? >> >> One of the great things about OSM is the crowd sourcing nature of the >> map. If I'm travelling somewhere I typically look at the map and add areas >> of interest to it before I go. That way everyone can benefit from the >> research I do before I go somewhere. With now a 6 week plus lag between >> early month updates and the map being rolled out that doesn't really work. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Osmand" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/osmand/aa45a01b-629b-449a-9c55-f377a5aec229%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
