[Xastir] Offline OSM Map Data?

[Eric H. Christensen]

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On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 10:10:11AM -0400, Lynn W. Deffenbaugh (Mr) wrote:
> From http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tile_usage_policy
> 
> >
> >    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.
> >
> You really don't want every xastir user to start getting the following image
> instead of map tiles.

Good point.  Of course we might be able to host the data separately for our users.  I'm thinking of a model similar to what OSMAND does.

- --Eric
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