OpenStreetMap provider does not display Basic tiles in the MapControl demo application

Wuhuuu looking forward to the 19.1.x update / hotfox :)

Installed the 18.2.9 hotfix.

Now Basic tiles are shown, using http://{0}.tile.openstreetmap.org/{1}/{2}/{3}.png  as TileUriTemplate.

Other map types, like Transport do not work anymore.

For other map types, like transport change this to https://{0}.tile.openstreetmap.org/{1}/{2}/{3}.png

Looks like the solution is opposite to the implementation?

Hi,

We see the issue with our MapControl demo application and will continue working on a suitable solution.
Note that we do not recommend using the public OSM server (see Tile usage policy). Instead, use alternative tile servers when setting the TileUriTemplate property.

Not recommend using the public OSM server ??? why? OsmDroid and Leaflet does this without problem. The user-agent must be set uniquely for every application, to avoid being banned from the OSM-server.

Hi Alex,
Great!

For now it is working!

@Roland,

Thank you for your confirmation.

@Ole,

Public OSM server has some limitations (see the Tile Usage Policy article). For instance, you cannot distribute an app that uses tiles from openstreetmap.org without a permission from the System Administrators.

Hi Alex, I am having the same problem, I have installed version 19.1.4 from the link you left and I have verified when compiling my project that the value of TileUriTemplante has been modified to https, but it still does not work.

Please, can you help me.

Hi Cristo

Just add the event-handler

C#
private void OpenStreetMapDataProvider1_WebRequest_1(object sender, MapWebRequestEventArgs e)  
{  
    e.Referer = "https://www.openstreetmap.org/";  
    e.UserAgent = "com.mycompany.myapp";  
}  

Regards, Ole

@Ole, that solves the problem.

Thank you very much Ole, now it loads, but it does it very slowly.

Ole Tetzschner 1

Thank you, it works

Very slow work
Show error than request is denied or too mutch connections

Hi,

As mentioned in this thread, the public OSM server has limited bandwidth and may be not accessible for this reason. We suggest that you use alternative tile providers (see Tile usage policy) to avoid similar issues.

This is the reply from OSMF (legal-questions@osmfoundation.org):

All the cookies we use clearly fall under the 'information society
service' exemptions including the referenced qos_token_cookie which
serves as a session cookie for visitors of openstreetmap.org so that we
can provide a better UI experience (faster loading tiles).

I think using qos_token in requests to OSM should help

Hi, I have a related question and may open a new ticket.  I am using v15.2.7 and all my applications using the map control and openstreets basic receive a 403 error and will not download tiles.  When i set the referrer header in the webrequest this fixes the issue using the newer v19.4 control before the hot fix.  The referrer seems to be read only in v15.2.7,  is there a way to set that in v15.2.7 or must I upgrade or can you provide a patch for v15.2.7.

Thanks

Hi Walter,

I will follow up with you in the newly created ticket (Map Control getting 403 error with OpenStreetMap Basic map type).

Hi,

Do you plan to fix 17.1?

Thanks
 Yuri Kovtun

Hi Yuri,

According to my test, the OpenStreetMap data provider works correctly in v17.1 when the e.Referer property is set (see the sample project in the attachment).

Dear Alex,

Thank you.

It works with e.Referer property.

Best regads,
Yuri

Thank you for your confirmation, Yuri.

Hi,
Last Htfix does'nt work without using this :

C#
OpenStreetMapDataProvider provider = new OpenStreetMapDataProvider();  
provider.WebRequest += Provider_WebRequest;  


private void Provider_WebRequest(object sender, MapWebRequestEventArgs e)  
{  
   e.Referer = "https://www.openstreetmap.org";  
   e.UserAgent = "MyApp";  
}  

Thank you for the update. I will include this information in the Solution section of this ticket.

Hi,

We are using DevExpress 14.1.7.0 Xtra map control and facing the same problem.
However, we tried to implement the approach which is mentioned above but looks like we are not able to fetch "Referer" property.
Please provide any possible solution with a sample project.

Actually it isn't a Devexpress-problem/failure. We ended setting up our own osm-tile-server (60GB SSD for a small country, with all tiles pre-rendered) and our program is running perfect. If you are not up to hosting your own tile-server, there are commercial vendors available.

Kind regards, Ole

@Ole,

Thank you for your suggestion. I agree that setting a dedicated OSM server is the best solution here.

@Deepak,

We introduced the e.Referer property when migrating MapControl providers to the REST API in v16.1. There is no suitable workaround to specify the Referer value in an older version.
In this case, the best solution is to upgrade your application to a more recent version (v16.1) because this version is covered by your subscription.

Hi, Related to this, I need to be able to cache tiles for offline navigation but currently open streets throttles my application because of this.  What are the best current resources to learn about pay services or alternately setting up a private server.  I'm looking for the current industry standard for this type of solution. Thanks in advance

Hi Walter,

You can learn about alternative tile providers in the corresponding section of the Tile Usage Policy article. I hope this helps.

Is there a solution for this also when using OSM in a WPF app?
We're using 19.1.5 and don't see any BASIC maps.

/M