On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 8:17 AM, Henry Loenwind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Someone wrote: >> let's keep >> the focus on filling up the database > >> I'll give 100% support to the 20%, the 80% should wait some more or >> better still try to do some mapping, somewhere, anywhere! > > That sums it up rather nicely. OSM is only about collecting data, people > that are interested in using the data are not really welcome very much.
I wouldn't say that was true. Just that what few project resources there are should be concentrated on helping collection and distribution of the data rather than creating and running those end uses. > > So I propose to start a new project, that is about using OSM data only. > Transfer the current renderers and maps to the new project, and maybe it > would be possible there to et up a server farm, so people interested in > different rendering styles can concentrate on the rendering styles and > not on the problem of serving them. > > Anyone interested? That new project would first need people that have > time to organize it (I really don't have), and people to raise or > provide funding. > That's not so much a project as a service. And a fairly pricey one too. You'll need quite a lot of hardware at your disposal and a silly amount of bandwidth if you get remotely popular. Cyclemap bandwidth is in the order of hundreds of gigabytes already, and rising fast. You're talking on-demand which means you'll need access to a lot of CPUs. Dave _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/talk
