Color maps not downloading

[WapitiBob]

The color .015 maps are no longer downloading, making the app pretty much not useable. Mexico, Utah, Oregon, and TopoWMS are checked in the custom server dialog. Is there another color WMS server or Bing sat image server available that has been proven to work?

[ScottMorris]

Definitely.  Have you tried Open Aerial?  Look for it on the map menu.  It's generally the most reliable of the color aerials.

[WapitiBob]

Tried Open Aerial also. Only a few tiles of any color maps will load at the closest to earth scale setting then it times out.
New computer and new install doesn't fix it.

edit, changed connections to 25 and it's working now.

[ScottMorris]

Glad you got it working.  What was your # of connections at before?  Low, like 1 or 2?

[WapitiBob]

Whatever the default is, seems like 5 or so?

[ScottMorris]

Interesting, in my testing I found it much more reliable with fewer connections.  In v5.0 I forced it to not go over 4 or 5 at a time, and am seeing much more consistent downloading.  I think the server throttles when it gets too many requests.

Just FYI, in case anyone is reading this that doesn't have v5.0, or wants to try the # of connections parameter.