Torrent File Problems & Solutions
27 May 2026History
I’ve noticed recently that downloads via the .torrent files has been a bit intermittent, and on further investigation have found that the 2 trackers I’ve been using appear to have been having problems. So…. A solution is in progress.
Trackers
I’ve done some research on trackers, and am now going to be using 3 different trackers, and I’ll also be introducing ‘Magnet Links’.
Torrent Files General Info
A .torrent file is a file you can use to download a shared file over the internet. You will need a bit-torrent file such as
For more info on bittorrent see Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_BitTorrent_clients
Although I can download and use some of these programmes on my phone, I find it much easier to have a small old raspberry pi computer handling my bittorrent files.
Magnet Links
These are a little time consuming for me to produce, so there will be a gradual introduction of them, starting with the Trike Map, which has been the most popular of late.
The Magnet link will appear in the md5 sum list, and is a link you can click, and once you’ve selected the programme you want the link to open, the computer will open and start the download.
Timescale
For the Trike Map only I’ve already created new .torrent files and they are downloadable and will work - any problems please let me know. The Magnet Links are being created as well and will appear on the site shortly.
On the 1st of June a new batch of all of the maps will be created using the new trackers, and hopefully over the course of the next day or so I will add the new Magnet Links (This is still very much a manual process until I’ve worked out how to automate it!).
Any problems, please let me know through my profile on OpenStreetMap