Hi Nicholas, My assumption is the machines are all using the same ip. I faced this in the past in Haiti, but with JOSM and the classic download tool. The mirror download plugin is less limited, but I do not know if there is a bypass for iD.
Sincerely, Severin On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 2:20 PM, Blake Girardot <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Nick, > > Just to be complete for future reference as I had not heard of it before > and I can see it happening to other HOT mapping groups in the future: > > We think this is not related to HOT or the Tasking Manager. > > We suspect that it is related to OpenStreetMap in general and the process > of downloading the already existing data from OSM to your local users. > > Althio was suggesting you speak to the OSM system administrators via the > general OSM email lists or IRC. > > It looks like you might have already followed up in IRC or someone with > the same problem did and the edited exchange is below. > > > =============================================== > > <User> we were able to load our imagery and save data into OSM, but were > unable to download the existing data into the editor. I looked at the > network logs and everything was coming up 509 bandwidth exceeded > > <User> it subsided later, but would come back, sort of like we were > getting throttled access. > > <OSMSysAdmin> you just need to shout on here with your IP address and we > can apply a temporary fix > > <OSMSysAdmin> unfortunately there is no way to "book" the fix in advance - > it has to be applied at the time that the problem occurs > > <OSMSysAdmin> and yes throttling is exactly what is going on > > <User> ok, in 12 hours from now can I do a ping? or does it gradually go > back to normal? > > <OSMSysAdmin> it caps you to about 100Kbyte/second with a maximum debt of > 250Mbytes - once you have downloaded 250Mbytes downloads will be blocked > but that debt will decay away at 100Kbyte/second so yes, it will go back to > normal over time once you stop > > <OSMSysAdmin> it should only take about 45 minutes to clear if you stop > completely > > <User> the venue might have a limited number of IP addresses which could > be behind the problem > > <OSMSysAdmin> the limit is per address so if it is natting or proxying > people then that is likely the issue > > <User> I'll pop back onto #osm-dev in the morning and have our IP > addresses ready in case anything happens > > <User> ok this is all good to know. I wasn't aware this could happen with > normal editing, but I guess we have a good number of people and some dense > data already uploaded into the system > ===================================================== > > > > > On 6/20/2015 2:57 PM, althio wrote: > >> Hi Nicholas, >> >> I would say the general mailing list 'talk' or the technical working >> group may be better suited than the HOT list for your request. >> >> See also: >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/API_usage_policy >> "To avoid having your access blocked, please discuss your requirement >> with system administrators either via their wiki pages or on the IRC >> channel prior to starting." >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/System_Administrators >> >> Apart from that, some free and unchecked advice: >> - consider offline editor JOSM >> - use iD with zoom close in, not downloading large areas >> >> Best of luck. >> >> althio >> >> >> On 20 June 2015 at 08:43, Nicholas Doiron <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm working with The Asia Foundation to run an OpenStreetMap map-a-thon >>> in >>> Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. We have 17 teams of 3 people, mostly students and >>> city planners, mapping unplanned areas of the city (ger districts) >>> >>> At 3:30pm local time, we got a 509 Bandwidth Exceeded error on most >>> teams' >>> machines, so we had to end our first day early. No one's data is lost, >>> but >>> we can't download existing data into iD, so every map area looks blank. >>> There was a risk we would add the same building many times. >>> >>> Is there a way for us to re-enabling editing before tomorrow morning? And >>> keep the gates open for another 48 hours or so? >>> I'll do my part by closing a couple of apps (including Show Me The Way >>> from >>> OSM Labs) which were running at the time >>> >>> Regards, >>> Nick Doiron >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> HOT mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >> >> > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot >
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