[OSM-talk] Exceeded API bandwidth limit, now what?

Tom Hughes tom at compton.nu
Tue Sep 14 07:20:49 BST 2010


On 14/09/10 03:01, Michal Migurski wrote:

> I'm downloading London, in small sections. I just exceeded my API bandwidth limit.

If you want an entire city please use planet, or a planet extract, 
rather than downloading from the api.

> Can anyone tell me what the limit is so I know not to exceed it, and how long I have to wait until I'm allowed back in?

The limit is not some sort of game where you try and download at exactly 
the maximum rate allowed - it's a way of cutting off the people who are 
downloading vastly more than average.

It basically cuts off the top fraction of a percent of users - the same 
sort of people that got banned by hand before when they were noticed.

Tom

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