[OSM-newbies] Using map display on slow connection

[Dirk-Lüder Kreie]

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Rick Collins schrieb:
> Some of us are still on dialup with slow transfer rates.  When 
> viewing the map display at many of the various web sites, including 
> openstreetmap, the map often does not fill incompletely.  At 
> informationfreeway.org, for example, some of the tiles will be a 
> light blue.  On Google maps text will show in place of some tiles 
> saying that "we don't have imagery at this zoom level for this 
> region."  I know it does exist since I can often see it, just not 
> this time.  I assume that this is a problem where the slow transfer 
> rate has caused a timeout of loading that tile.
> 
> Is there a way to force reloading of a tile on any of these 
> displays?  Reloading the full page often does not help either because 
> the same or a different tile will still not be loaded, or because 
> reloading the page takes you to the original zoom setting instead of 
> the current one.  Any ideas?

Use a larger browser cache perhaps, and to reload first try the
"permalink" (or "view" tab on osm.org) to reload the exact same area.

I'm not aware of any method (short of right-klicking the tiles and look
at the tile images and reload them individually, then going back to the
page) of selecting tiles for reload.

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Dirk-Lüder "Deelkar" Kreie
Bremen - 53.0952°N 8.8652°E

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