# Mapsurfer and "Rate limit exceeded"

**URL:** https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/mapsurfer-and-rate-limit-exceeded/232
**Category:** Tokens, ratelimits, quotas & registration
**Created:** [February 5, 2019, 9:33am UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/mapsurfer-and-rate-limit-exceeded/232 "2019-02-05T09:33:23Z")
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### Author: ![timothy](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/user_avatar/ask.openrouteservice.org/timothy/32/11_2.png) [@timothy](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/u/timothy)
#### Post date: [February 5, 2019, 9:45am UTC](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/mapsurfer-and-rate-limit-exceeded/232/2 "2019-02-05T09:45:38Z")

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Hi @gspeed ,

please follow these instructions:

> [@Openmapsurfer API](https://ask.openrouteservice.org/t/openmapsurfer-api/233):
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> Greetings Openmapsurfer users, you might have noticed that the [https://korona.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/tiles/roads/x=506&y=340&z=10](https://korona.geog.uni-heidelberg.de/tiles/roads/x=506&y=340&z=10) API is down. Unfortunately this will stay this way. If you were using this API, you actually now have access to the same tiles through openrouteservice. Please sign up and request a token. As it is currently limited to 40 requests per second, we can increase your token quota. To do so, please send us an email to [support@openrouteservice.org](mailto:support@openrouteservice.org) with your: API token/k…

Cheers and thanks

Tim

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