I think if Skyler's script automation was slow enough, it shouldn't be a
terms violation. It specifically says "significant areas of tiles at
zoom levels of 17 and higher". It's unclear what "significant" is.
Maybe we should reach out to their Sysadmins to get some clarification?
I personally don't think this would really be all that much load if it's
throttled properly and maybe limited to fetching the requested title
zoom levels on a per-grid-square region.
--David
KI6ZHD
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tile_usage_policy
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. . .
Bulk Downloading
Bulk downloading is *strongly discouraged*. Do not download tiles
<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tiles> unnecessarily.
In particular, downloading significant areas of tiles at zoom levels 17
and higher for offline or later usage is *forbidden* without prior
consultation with a System Administrator
<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/System_Administrators>. These tiles
are generally not available (cached) on the server in advance, and have
to be rendered specifically for those requests, putting an unjustified
burden on the available resources.
To avoid having your access blocked, please discuss your requirement
with system administrators
<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/System_Administrators> either via
their wiki pages or on the IRC channel
<http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/IRC> prior to starting.
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