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    From Harriet Bazley@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, October 29, 2025 12:03:40
    I tried downloading this month's featured (in "London Cyclist"
    magazine) cycle route from the Plotaroute.com website using Iris, but I
    just get errors for every format I try:

    https://www.plotaroute.com/route/3102626

    Has the data expired, or it is just not co-operating with RISC OS?

    --
    Harriet Bazley == Loyaulte me lie ==

    Life, don't talk to me about life....

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  • From Chris Hughes@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, October 29, 2025 13:07:16
    In message <456f62735c.harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk>
    Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> wrote:

    I tried downloading this month's featured (in "London Cyclist"
    magazine) cycle route from the Plotaroute.com website using Iris, but I
    just get errors for every format I try:

    https://www.plotaroute.com/route/3102626

    Has the data expired, or it is just not co-operating with RISC OS?

    I can open the above page, but on trying any of the download options
    (except for the PDF one) they all gave a 404 error. In the cse of the PDf
    one nothing was generated.

    Do you need a 'free' account to do downloads, etc.

    Looking at the source it looks heavily linked to Javascript and has lots
    of references of GoogleAds sites as well.

    --
    Chris Hughes

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5
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  • From Harriet Bazley@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, October 29, 2025 17:51:36
    On 29 Oct 2025 as I do recall,
    Chris Hughes wrote:

    In message <456f62735c.harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk>
    Harriet Bazley <harriet@bazleyfamily.co.uk> wrote:

    I tried downloading this month's featured (in "London Cyclist"
    magazine) cycle route from the Plotaroute.com website using Iris, but I just get errors for every format I try:

    https://www.plotaroute.com/route/3102626

    Has the data expired, or it is just not co-operating with RISC OS?

    I can open the above page, but on trying any of the download options
    (except for the PDF one) they all gave a 404 error. In the cse of the PDf one nothing was generated.

    Do you need a 'free' account to do downloads, etc.

    No idea - the magazine just says 'scan this QR code to access the
    relevant ride guide on a smartphone or tablet', which is why it took me
    this long to get round to discovering the actual URL of the site
    involved so that I could attempt to put a GPX file into RiscOSM! But
    it's entirely possible the download was only temporary and associated
    with that issue, or that it *only* works with smartphones and tablets.
    I've never actually tried to get data for any of their suggested rides
    before.

    --
    Harriet Bazley == Loyaulte me lie ==

    Even a cabbage may look at a king.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)