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Re:Google Maps Platform by resoluteteeth on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @04:27PM (#16980859)
It would be nice if this leads to more interest in alternatives (OSM based systems including maplet).

Previously, when google made the initial shift in this direction a few years ago, it seemed like there was a brief period when more people were considering alternatives, but since most people were able to continue using the free tier this tapered off pretty quickly.

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Re:Google Maps Platform by SahAssar on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @05:12PM (#16981201)
> OSM based systems including maplet

You mean leaflet.js?

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Re:Google Maps Platform by 0x0 on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @05:41PM (#16981396)
Leaflet is a nice javascript library for slippy maps, but you still need to bring your own tileserver (OSM is not free to embed for anything beyond light usage I believe)
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Re:Google Maps Platform by SahAssar on Thursday May 03, 2018 @02:00AM (#16983665)
Yeah, I just had never heard of maplet, so I was unsure if that s/he really meant leaflet or maplet.
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Re:Google Maps Platform by resoluteteeth on Thursday May 03, 2018 @10:47AM (#16986493)
Oops. In the process of trying to decide whether to write leaflet or mapbox I confused the names.
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Re:Google Maps Platform by EQmapbox on Thursday May 03, 2018 @06:54PM (#16990760)
I kind of love it :)

Note - I work at Mapbox

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