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Re:A new way to make maps with OpenStreetMap by leokennis on Friday April 23, 2021 @03:34PM (#26918317)
I read it as: existing solutions are too hard for simple people with less technical skill.
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Re:A new way to make maps with OpenStreetMap by bdon on Friday April 23, 2021 @10:11PM (#26921627)
Author here; a narrower way to express what I meant:

A frontend developer who wants to put a map in their application and wants control over the hosting and data faces some obstacles when using MBtiles:

* Need a virtual machine and disk space

* Need to choose a particular program to read the MBTiles and serve it via HTTP

* Might need reverse proxy and service monitor (systemd or sysv init) to keep it running 24/7

* Need to deal with SSL termination

The popularity of serverless platforms = evidence there's a strong market for delivering software without all of this.

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