OpenStreetMap
A new project on SourceForge: TileDownloader
* http://tiledownloader.sourceforge.net/
From the site: "A windows program for bulk downloading selections of OpenStreetMap tiles from selected servers. Written in Visual Basic"
Henri Willox
Conakry, Guinea
http://lac-conakry.blogspot.com
Discussion
Comment from Sanderd17 on 6 June 2011 at 07:04
You know that there are some apps that have been blocked because they bulk downloaded tiles? The problem wasn't the downloading, but the problem was that the majority of tiles wasn't rendered yet. Nobody wants to see the see at zoom level 18 if there is nothing to see.
A result of those apps was that 90% of the rendering queue were tiles that nobody will ever see. this caused serious slowdowns for the mappers who wanted to see their changes rendered.
In what way is the application you give different? Won't it cause the same problems?
Comment from chillly on 6 June 2011 at 16:00
You need to actively support the tile usage policy osm.wiki/Tile_usage_policy
Consider downloading tiles from MapQuest, they provide tiles based on OSM data with a different rendering style.
Comment from Harry Wood on 6 June 2011 at 16:39
Looking at the screenshots here it appears to be pointing at MapQuest tile server (at least by default) Anyway I've put a pre-emptive note of caution on the forum here