-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Gernot wrote: | Hi! | | I'm currently developing an Application that shows nearby points of | interest on the iPhone. To show where they are, I use a OpenStreetMap | static map, served from tah.openstreetmap.org/mapOf/ | | It worked reliably during the past month, but In the last few days the | service stopped working, as is discussed in other threads. However I | rely on the maps having the specified size and being accurately | centered around the provided location, as well as the service being | available. | | Is it a good idea to use your static map in this kind of context?
Sounds like a terrible idea to me. That service is not designed to have high loads or be used in an automated manner. Use the tiles directly. | I really want to support this project and promote OSM by using it in | this project, which I hope will be quite visible. | | I am also looking into having a tile-based pan- and zoomable map in | the future. For that I would need rather small tile sizes, like Google | or MS do for mobile apps. Does OSM have small tile sizes that I could | use? Take a look at: http://cloudmade.com/products/mobile-tiles Robert (Jamie) Munro -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkiFzSMACgkQz+aYVHdncI0ADACgrZ8eTN7qHtyqZbx9+PPs/YdS E6cAnRHFnnRz9iRLVBsMGcJWtlPluV1m =W6av -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Tilesathome mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tilesathome
