[OSM-talk] informationfreeway.org "tile URL"?

[Jason Reid]

Ulf Lamping wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Maemo Mapper (a map viewer for Nokia N800 and alike internet tablets) 
> for some time is using OSM maps as default - with the template URL 
> http://tile.openstreetmap.org/%0d/%d/%d.png. Further details at: 
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Maemo_mapper
>
> While going out for a map, I'm using Maemo Mapper to display already 
> mapped areas to look for errors and missing bits.
>
>
> To get some "earlier feedback" (e.g. check the work I've done 
> yesterday), it would be nice to use informationfreeway.org for this 
> purpose. Is there a way to get the tiles as maemo mapper needs it from 
> informationfreeway.org?
>
> I've tried both http://tile.informationfreeway.org/%0d/%d/%d.png and 
> http://informationfreeway.org/%0d/%d/%d.png - but only got: "xy maps 
> failed to download".
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Regards, ULFL
>
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As informationfreeway is only a slippymap viewer, you have to use the 
main tile servers (http://tah.openstreetmap.org/Tiles/tile/%0d/%d/%d.png 
or http://tile.openstreetmap.org/mapnik/%0d/%d/%d.png) that 
informationfreeway also uses as the repository path (easiest way is to 
right click on any tile on the map and view the image properties, this 
will tell you the path). There are also proxies setup for the 
osmarender  tiles, so the path may not always be the one above for the 
tiles at home layer.

You may also notice that it gives errors when trying to download tiles 
at the absolute lowest zoom levels, this is a known issue that the 
author of Maemo-mapper was going to investigate a solution for as we 
don't generate tiles to the maximum zoom level that the program 
supports. Due to this, please don't try to bulk load too much, I find 
the best approach if you know where you are going is to simply quickly 
scroll around and have it automatically download just those areas. It 
may also be an idea if you want to bulk load a huge amount to setup 
mapnik locally and generate your own tiles just so you don't overwhelm 
the tile servers.

Jason Reid