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an openstreetmap bg layer #66

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
an openstreetmap bg layer

Original issue reported on code.google.com by rcgr...@gmail.com on 7 Feb 2010 at 7:03

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
"+1 Me too!", definitely.

More usefully: open-gpstracker can't be used online for working on OpenStreetMap
without this: since every layer right now is Google-derived, you can't lay down
traces while tiles are on-screen without violating Google's TOS and potentially 
the
map data provider's copyright :( I think I'm right in assuming that offline use 
of
open-gpstracker is legally OK, but it would certainly be nice to see progress 
made
against the current map when updating an area.

RMaps does this already: OsmaRender, Cycle Map, the pretty Mapnik style, and the
useful public transport layer from http://öpnvkarte.de/

Original comment by a.t.chadwick on 22 Feb 2010 at 12:06

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Just a rehash to make this clear for myself:

When a track is recorded and the visual Google Maps are shown during tracking 
it is
Google-derived. Google map data was helped to create it, so their IP is in the 
track.

If one would use disable the data link on the Android device and create a track 
then
no Google Maps will be seen. That track can be added to the OpenStreetMap 
repository
with just the IP of the person traveling the track.

But then watching a line drawn on a static grid without any information is very 
boring.

Cool possibility, OpenStreetMap could possible allow pre-fetching tiles....

Original comment by rcgr...@gmail.com on 22 Feb 2010 at 3:17

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tile_Usage_Policy - caching is actively
encouraged, for efficiency reasons. Bulk downloading isn't, but if the download 
areas
are limited to areas the user's interested in visiting at some suitable small 
range
of zooms, I doubt that'd count as "bulk". It's definitely worth raising the 
question
on channel or to the sysadmins if you're planning on doing this.

Original comment by a.t.chadwick on 22 Feb 2010 at 3:50

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Original comment by rcgr...@gmail.com on 25 Feb 2010 at 9:43

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
The osmdroid library seems promising to implement: with its API resembling the 
GoogleMaps API

Original comment by rcgr...@gmail.com on 13 Jun 2010 at 9:28

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
More work then first estimated

Original comment by rcgr...@gmail.com on 25 Aug 2010 at 10:28

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Been experimenting and got a seemingly stable build based on the last OGT 
release and osmdroid 1.08.

http://code.google.com/p/open-gpstracker/downloads/detail?name=OpenGPSTracker-0.
9.21-osmdroid.apk

Original comment by rcgr...@gmail.com on 21 Nov 2010 at 9:37

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
get it out there on 0.9 release

Original comment by rcgr...@gmail.com on 3 Dec 2010 at 5:24

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
CloudMade, Mapnik and OpenCycleMaps choices after setting OSM maps

Original comment by rcgr...@gmail.com on 2 Jan 2011 at 10:38