Bikehike down?

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Tim DH
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I can't get it to work. .... Tried yesterday and today. ... I'm no longer getting the 'API Key' message, so something has changed.

The 'Course Creator' page comes up but both map boxes are empty except for the OS logo!

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Just noticed it has 1:25k OS maps. It never used to did it?
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Mick F
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You've always been able to zoom in and out and different scales.
Just checked, and it's still the same as it always has.
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Mick F wrote: 24 Sep 2021, 9:07am You've always been able to zoom in and out and different scales.
Just checked, and it's still the same as it always has.
I must be thinking of some other site then. My recollection is that while you could zoom in, the actual map didn't go beyond the 1:50k style (red footpaths etc).
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sjs wrote: 24 Sep 2021, 1:08pm
Mick F wrote: 24 Sep 2021, 9:07am You've always been able to zoom in and out and different scales.
Just checked, and it's still the same as it always has.
I must be thinking of some other site then. My recollection is that while you could zoom in, the actual map didn't go beyond the 1:50k style (red footpaths etc).
You may be right ... my knowledge/memory of the different scales isn't great, but the HIGHEST zoom factor used to take you to non-OS streetmap data (i.e. no contours etc), not sure the source?
Anyway, what I'm saying is that it now looks different, probably for the better :P
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The previous API which Bikehike used, OS OpenSpace had 1:50k Landranger, and then if you zoomed in a bit more, you got "OS Street View" (not to be confused with Google StreetView) which was a fairly plain streetmap with houses and street names, but no contours.

With the new API, you get 1:50k Landranger and then 1:25k Explorer. So it's a definite improvement.
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Tim DH
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I STILL couldn't get it to work despite the above posts. So I tried opening it in the AVAST browser, rather than in Chrome, my default.

Great! It works in Avast!!

Now I can get on with planning next weeks trip. Planning with other map progs felt like walking with a sprained ankle!

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Just checked Bikehike is back on Chrome. .... with 1:25,000 OS

Long may it last!

I decided to donate. .....

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Safari on macOS: Warning message on access, but map now seems to be stable.

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Tim DH wrote: 6 Dec 2021, 4:16pm Just checked Bikehike is back on Chrome. .... with 1:25,000 OS
Long may it last!
I decided to donate. .....
I noticed this a few days ago, and forgot that this thread existed ........ had I remembered, I'd have put an update on.

Excellent news, and it works well again.
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Just donated. Great route planner.
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tykeboy2003 wrote: 7 Dec 2021, 4:10pm Just donated. Great route planner.
+ 1. Though just noticed this morning on "thinking" about a route, that at a certain magnification, villages of 2000-4000 people are shown, whilst the towns of 98000 which I'd use to "place" myself and would need access to in respect to trains, weren't apparent.
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