I can provide some of you with free unlimited mapdata solutions for geocoding and base layer data with accreditation. I run my own OSM server instances. Hit support on ScribbleMaps.com and ask for Jonathan so the ticket is forwarded to me.
I'm involved in many of these projects (helped get MapLibre started, wrote a library supporting PMTiles, have used OpenMapTiles for years), and to see open-source, open-data win in the end is really satisfying.
If anyone has any questions about how you could do this for yourself, I'm happy to answer! (I have a company offering SaaS maps, but we know SaaS isn't for everyone, and are happy to point people the right direction when self-hosting is what you want.)
Very good job with this. I am working on a similar project and I was wondering if you are planning on hosting your own OSM tiles or using a service (Mapbox is listed, but are you going with that?) ?
Thanks!
Really interesting project/product! It's really nice to see new ways of rendering OSM data, and alternative map services.
I am developing another way to run your own map server (without mapnik!) from a low-end computer (https://github.com/jamesrr39/ownmap-app in case you're interested), but a little bit different to you in that I'm currently focusing on rendering raster tiles. I'm really happy I saw this thread, however, I hadn't heard of the OSM Express, MBTiles or PMTiles formats before and was/am rolling my own format, so it's really interesting looking at some ideas from these.
This a great overview of the open source mapping options out there. I just posted some notes the other day on how MapBox pricing works for hosting custom map tiles: http://ds.io/A12Drf and a comparison of overage fees for MapBox premium accounts vs Google premier.
Your own personal map tile server? That's interesting... what are you planning to achieve that you can't just get from openstreetmap.org? Will you run an instance of graphhopper or project-osm alongside?
We pay for use of some map servers, and use free servers. If you have GIS server skills and soe capital, you can tile and serve the maps yourself... Lots of good free data out there.
Thanks for mentioning Maptimize. I really appreciate.
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Though I find myself looking for a provider of geocoding and navigation for a freelance project of mine.
I know that I could probably self-host OSRM and OpenMapTiles, but the hardware requirements make using a cloud service feel easier.
At the same time I can't really decide between something like Mapbox and MapTiler (or possibly even cheaper alternatives that I don't know about), since a lot of the APIs feel a bit vendor locked.
On the other hand, it's nice how many options there are, even though the industry feels like it's moving towards vector tiles which perform mich worse for me, albeit look better.
There are several free OSM tile servers too, so you don't even need to host yourself. MapQuest's is probably the most generous: you can use it completely free, even in paid apps and webapps. They just request that you let them know in advance if you plan to distribute an app where you anticipate very high usage (currently defined as >4,000 tiles/second). http://developer.mapquest.com/web/products/open/map
Indeed, I maintain my own Leaflet fork for a project I am (occasionally) working on and I am won over as well. Are you using the Mapquest open data? Your maps are beautiful by the way.
I've build my own tile server map with mapbox gl spec, thx to them, with simple osm features, data about transportation is fair enough to get some basic calculation features, i mean it's a good start, Google maps pricing is insane, if u plan to support thousands of users like us this gonna kill your profitability, we have no money to invest for that part and imo u should be vendor less if u want to develop ur activity til u buisness model works at least
This is fantastic! I always strive to host everything on my own domain, or at least proxy things through it, but maps was one of those things that I always had to rely on cross-domain requests for.
And guess what? My next project is map related! I'm certainly going to take this for a test drive. Thanks for sharing.
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