[OSM-newbies] Server returned HTTP response code: 403

[Thomas Wood]

2009/5/14 Al Girling <acgirling at gcguk.demon.co.uk>:
> On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 06:17:11PM BST, Chris Jones wrote:
>>
>> On 12 May 2009, at 17:53, doug brown wrote:
>>
>> > While trying to download data into JOSM Editor received the
>> > following message:
>> >
>> > Server returned HTTP response code: 403 for URL: http://
>> > www.openstreetmap.org/api/O.5/map?
>> > bbox=-105.27675329101562,21.540973354492188,-105.27400670898437,21.542
>> > 346645507813
>> >
>> > This has been going on for several weeks now.  Anybody know what
>> > I'm doing wrong?
>>
>>
>> You need a newer version of JOSM
>
> This was the same for me.  I've grabbed a newer version (1565) and the
> error message now reads 'file not found'.  Checking the wiki I found a
> reference suggesting that I need to check I'm using the case sensitive
> version of my username/email address and password.  I've tried this and
> various different permutations of these, I've even tried getting a fresh
> password from the login session, but this still gives me the same 'file
> not found' error message.
>
> Perhaps someone could confirm that a username and password is required
> to download data before editing it with JOSM.  As far as I know I never
> had to before the change to the new API.
>
> Al
>
> --
> Alistair Girling

Check the server URL field in the preferences reads
"http://www.openstreetmap.org/api"

-- 
Regards,
Thomas Wood
(Edgemaster)