Errors with osm_geocode()

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Errors with osm_geocode()

Closed this issue 8 years ago · 11 comments

Reproducible example:

osm_geocode(c("1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, DC.",
+     "1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA",
+     "Seattle, Washington"))
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Error connecting to geocode serviceError in doTryCatch(return(expr), name, parentenv, handler): client error: (403) Forbidden

Just tried on two separate computers. Any ideas?

Answer 1 · 2015-09-26T12:07:54.000Z

I tried it yesterday for something and got the same error. Was going to
debug tomorrow (travel + running an R workshop in Pittsburgh today).

I suspect they may be blocking the user agent which may mean I need to
randomize it if some ne'er do well abused the service.

On Saturday, September 26, 2015, Robin notifications@github.com wrote:

Reproducible example:

osm_geocode(c("1600 Pennsylvania Ave, Washington, DC.",
"1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA",
"Seattle, Washington"))
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Error connecting to geocode serviceError in doTryCatch(return(expr), name, parentenv, handler): client error: (403) Forbidden
Just tried on two separate computers. Any ideas?

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#5.

Answer 2 · 2015-09-26T14:33:54.000Z

Mapquest just introduced a key/account system in their API services.

Answer 3 · 2015-09-26T15:08:25.000Z

Note: ggmap::geocode() also seems to broken.

Answer 4 · 2015-09-26T17:24:48.000Z

Thx. I'll get it adapted asap.

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Mapquest just introduced a key/account system in their API services.

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#5 (comment).

Answer 5 · 2015-09-30T01:28:42.000Z

I just sucked in @rCarto's PR so one can specify alternate servers and will be changing defaults (which will burden the osm servers but hey) and also figuring out how to allow for using mapquest (I just got an API key) since it's still the preferred way and 15K reqs a month is pretty generous for free.

Answer 6 · 2016-01-01T11:56:51.000Z

I receive this error when trying to geocode: Error connecting to geocode serviceError in doTryCatch(return(expr), name, parentenv, handler): client error: (403) Forbidden

Answer 7 · 2016-03-14T14:02:29.000Z

I received the same error today when I used the reverse_geocode_coords function . Is there any update or solution please? thank you so much!

"Error connecting to geocode serviceError in doTryCatch(return(expr), name, parentenv, handler): Forbidden (HTTP 403)."

Answer 8 · 2016-04-20T19:48:12.000Z

20th April 2016, same error. I thought it was my code, but even the stock example doesn't work.

Answer 9 · 2016-10-18T20:41:36.000Z

I tried to use simple example today osm_search('Cracow University of Economics'), but this didn't work for me.
I get an error:

Please provide a openstreet API key

I tried to specify the key parameter as my email address from OSM account.
I don't want to use the Mapquest API instead

Any solution to that?

Answer 10 · 2018-05-08T07:35:34.000Z

This issue should be reopened because I experience the same error (403) even with OSM API key.

Answer 11 · 2019-05-07T03:32:59.000Z

Go to mapquest and get a free api key: https://developer.mapquest.com/

Then run the command like osm_search('London, Uk', key='yourkeyhere')