In den letzten Tagen haben sich die Meldungen gehäuft, dass der Download der SRTM-Daten nicht mehr funktioniert. Was ich schon mal befürchtet hatte, ist nun wohl eingetreten, der Download der Daten wurde vom Provider aufgrund der Häufigkeit eingeschränkt:
ZitatUsage Restrictions
Usage of these services is currently free of charge. However, there are two important rules to follow when using these webservices:
- You must not make more than one request per second to these webservices.
- You must cache results if you believe that you will need to make another identical request within any 24-hour period.
- You must delete any cached data when you no longer need it and in any case after 14 days. You should then make a new request for the data in line with the previous two rules. If you wish to keep access to data I am able to license the data for use in this way.
Usage is logged and anyone not complying with these rules may find their usage of the webservices restricted or removed without warning. Some people may want to make a one-off run of a batch of requests - if you wish to do this, contact me to find out when best to do this.
These restrictions were introduced on 18th February 2007 following a significant increase in the use of the webservices. At present, approximately one million requests per week are being made. I want to continue providing these services for free, but the cost of providing them may become prohibitive in the future.
GTA war da wohl nicht ganz unschuldig dran.
Muß ich mir für die nächste Version was anderes ausdenken.
blackwilli