On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Bernhard Zwischenbrugger < [email protected]> wrote:
> > >> If you don't mind about being open, why are you not just using Google's >> data already? >> >> > Hello, > > thank you for your insightful comment, I will move immediately to Google > and start using their data directly. Can you point out to me where I can > access their data so I can make an efficient use of them? > > Where can I access the OSM data? > > I know it is possible to download the hole planet, setup a database,... but > that's not an easy task. > > I'm a teacher and my students are able to load data from an API and display > the data on a map. > Last year we did some projects using XAPI - but then xapi was broken. > > We had about 100 API Requests per week. For that amount of requests it > makes no sense to have a local copy of the db. > But without db we are not able to read osm data. > > Without data everything is tile based and that's the same as google and > bing are offering. > MapQuest is offering XAPI now - but will it still be available in 2 month? > > Why wouldn't it be? Do MapQuest's open services have a history of disappearing? Also, jxapi.openstreetmap.org has been serving XAPI data for just about two months now.
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