Re: The status of Maps right now

[Jonas Danielsson <the sator gmail com>]

2016-07-14 12:03 GMT+02:00 Marcus Lundblad <ml update uu se>:
> ons 2016-07-13 klockan 07:16 +0200 skrev Jonas Danielsson:
> > Hi!
> >
> > As of recently GNOME Maps can no longer fetch tiles to display. This
> > is because MapQuest,
> > which we use as a tile provider, changed its usage policy[1].
> > And we are no longer able to use the service without paying. We have
> > as of know no clear alternative.
> >
> > We _could_ switch to OpenStreetMap own tile servers, see patches in
> > bug[2]. But we would probably
> > violate the terms of service[3]. Unless we, as GNOME, could argue we
> > should be allowed.
>
> I have made some inquiries into possibly using OpenStreeMap tiles as a
> temporary solution for now.
> An idea might be to set up a simple proxy for now pointing from
> tiles.gnome.org → tiles.openstreetmap.org
>
> This way we could later switch this site over to a full-blown stand-
> alone tile server.
>
> Although I would most probably need help in setting up a web proxy.

Thank you!

Yes, we should have a proxy. There is a bug for it against the
sysadmin product here:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=765704

Jonas