[talk-au] "View"ing problems - Ping results

[John Smith]

--- On Thu, 18/6/09, Dan O'Hara <ohara5 at homemail.com.au> wrote:
> I’ve been having trouble in
> using “view”
> option in OSM ie I can not see maps other than in edit
> mode.  Delta Foxtrot
> asked if I had pinged the tile sites on OSM. 
> 
> From my computer all three sites were
> “request timed
> out”.   
> 
> I then tried two internet sites to
> ping – one had the “timed
> out” result and the other recorded these results:
> 
> 
>  “a.tile.openstreetmap.orgONLINE58.68
> ms”  “b.tile.openstreetmap.orgONLINE58.85 ms”
> “c.tile.openstreetmap.orgONLINE59.25
> ms” 
> 
> I’m not really sure what 
> it all means but am
> happy to chase every thought if anyone has ideas – it
> is a pain. 

If you can't ping those hostnames you most likely have some kind of filter or firewall blocking your connections, track down why you can't ping them and you'll be able to view OSM maps.