[josm-dev] Re lease 1180 - download problem

[Shaun McDonald]

On 27 Dec 2008, at 22:42, Dirk Stöcker wrote:

> On Sat, 27 Dec 2008, TonyG57 wrote:
>
>> I am new to JOSM and, when using the slippy map to select a small  
>> area to
>> download, get an error message 'HTTP response code 403 for URL:
>> http://www.openstreetmap.org/api/map?bbox. . . . . '

This map request for some reason does not contain the api version  
number in the url.

>>
>> It occurs with all areas however small although I have included  
>> 512M in my
>> start-up entry.
>> What can I do to get the area into JOSM so I can then transfer it  
>> into my
>> Garmin Legend Hcx?
>
> Please send a full log text to allow us to help you.
>
> But a raw guess is, that you have no or wrong username and password or
> maybe a proxy server is inbetween.
>

You do not need a username and password for the map request.

> Code 403 is a status code telling about missing permissions.

Lighttpd will always return a 403 for known invalid url schemes.

Shaun