Talk:Blocked tiles
At the moment the english language is rather advanced and might be not too clear for people who learned english as a second/third language. Also I think the page does not make it very clear that the maps on openstreetmap.org are not really meant as consumer products (the old dilemma). The hint at donations covering costs might lead developers to believe they can donate and then heavily use the tiles. I did not want to blindly edit this page but first ask others on their opinion. I think it would benefit from being more plain, explicit and to the point. HannesHH 22:04, 6 October 2011 (BST)
This page needs dates and more information than "may be blocked".
Is OpenMaps playing nice now? Is there a specific use that is tile heavy? --Julyx (talk) 01:51, 27 March 2013 (UTC)
I get blocked tiles with firefox browing openstreetmap side - so seems there is a bug in this. Where to complain is missing in article tough. Wiesecke (talk)
- It could be due to your IP. I've read somewhere that these tiles were shown for a university connection, which apparently use ipv6, and tou share an ipv4 with a lot of people. although that thread said this volume can't be an issue or reason to block that IP.
- If you can, try changing your IP, reset your internet connection, if you're on home internet with a dedicated ipv4.
- This article is more for people who are developing an app, or a webapp/site, not for regular people browsing osm.org. I do think there should be some mention regarding this kind of issue and how to solve it, what to do.
–cyton (talk) 12:15, 16 March 2026 (UTC)
- I’ve also been getting a lot of those (403r) in recent weeks on various OSM-based maps, it is starting to get quite annoying and preventing me to use maps. For instance on FacilMap, and various embeded maps here and there. Using Firefox too. I’m wondering if there is some anti-tracking feature or add-on on the user’s side that OSM is detecting as potential misbehaviour of the website. Who could we get in touch with to look into it? Nclm (talk) 16:08, 22 March 2026 (UTC)
- @Nclm: you should report it to whoever operates site using tiles, or check whether referer headers are being send Mateusz Konieczny (talk) 06:08, 27 March 2026 (UTC)
- It doesn’t do it in other browsers so I assume it’s one of my tracking blockers, possibly Firefox’ built-in one. I wouldn’t want to deactivate anything: it’s a little confusing that OSM now blocks users that are trying to stay safe online. Would there be a technical way to only blocks non-compliant websites but leave users free to block what they need? Nclm (talk) 08:58, 27 March 2026 (UTC)
- What specific extensions or settings are you running here? I can add more details to the "Privacy settings & extensions" section if needs be. Testing FacilMap with Strict tracking protection ON and site-specific fixes disabled shows it behaves properly.
- As for blocking sites but not users, no, lack of
Refererheader which triggers the 403r is indiscriminate in why it happens, there is no way around it, and it is the one of the only two fields that tells us from which site the request originates, the other beingOriginwhich by default policy of both Firefox and Chromium is null/absent when requesting images (i.e. tiles). ElementW (talk) 09:10, 27 March 2026 (UTC)
- It doesn’t do it in other browsers so I assume it’s one of my tracking blockers, possibly Firefox’ built-in one. I wouldn’t want to deactivate anything: it’s a little confusing that OSM now blocks users that are trying to stay safe online. Would there be a technical way to only blocks non-compliant websites but leave users free to block what they need? Nclm (talk) 08:58, 27 March 2026 (UTC)
- @Nclm: you should report it to whoever operates site using tiles, or check whether referer headers are being send Mateusz Konieczny (talk) 06:08, 27 March 2026 (UTC)
- I’ve also been getting a lot of those (403r) in recent weeks on various OSM-based maps, it is starting to get quite annoying and preventing me to use maps. For instance on FacilMap, and various embeded maps here and there. Using Firefox too. I’m wondering if there is some anti-tracking feature or add-on on the user’s side that OSM is detecting as potential misbehaviour of the website. Who could we get in touch with to look into it? Nclm (talk) 16:08, 22 March 2026 (UTC)