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VAMSEE MOHAN KRISHNA
VAMSEE MOHAN KRISHNA

Reputation: 172

Can we download OSM map tiles and use it for commercial product

I am working on commercial product, where I have to use map tiles in the offline. I have downloaded tiles from OSM

https://a.tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png.

Can we use these tiles for commercial product by downloading the tiles and placing in my server(I might have to edit the tile images in terms of colors).

Update

In the same way Can we download the tiles from the domain ? https://openstreetmap.in/#5/22.150/79.081

If this is also same policy why private key/token is is mentioned here? https://github.com/osm-in/openstreetmap.in#using-this-map

Upvotes: 2

Views: 9181

Answers (2)

scai
scai

Reputation: 21509

Yes, but...

Using OSM tiles for commercial purposes is allowed as already mentioned in Gilles-Antoine Nys's answer as long as you add proper attribution. See the Licence and Legal FAQ as well as the OSM tile usage policy for details.

However you are not allowed to bulk download OSM tiles! OSM tile servers have limited resources and this will result in getting banned. If you need lots of tiles then either render your own tiles or get into contact with a third-party tile provider.

Upvotes: 3

Gilles-Antoine Nys
Gilles-Antoine Nys

Reputation: 1481

OSM maps are distributed under License : Open Data Commons Open Database License.

You are free to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt our data, as long as you credit OpenStreetMap and its contributors. If you alter or build upon our data, you may distribute the result only under the same licence. The full legal code explains your rights and responsibilities.

The cartography in our map tiles, and our documentation, are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license (CC BY-SA).

So the answer is Yes, but with restrictions.

Accordingly to Copyright and License - OSM Webpage

Upvotes: 1

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