4 ms·

For businesses who don't want to self-host maps, but still want to migrate away from Google Maps (or other major cloud providers' offerings), there's quite a fe

For businesses who don't want to self-host maps, but still want to migrate away from Google Maps (or other major cloud providers' offerings), there's quite a few options (full disclosure, I run one of them): - https://mapbox.com https://mapbox.com - https://stadiamaps.com https://stadiamaps.com - https://maptiler.com https://maptiler.com - https://jawg.io https://jawg.io - https://thunderforest.com https://thunderforest.com - https://locationiq.com https://locationiq.com

curiousfab 4y ago
As a solution in between, for those who want to include a OSM map on their website but don't want to put load on the official OSM tile servers, a simple tile proxy may be a good idea. I am using something based on https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/ProxySimplePHP5 https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/ProxySimplePHP5 for a long time already and since I don't need to have up to date tiles every day, I set the TTL to a few weeks. Together with leaflet this works beautifully.
- lukeqsee 4y ago
  For sure! There's a lot of in-between solutions (depending on what services/regions/update frequency you need).
- CSSer 4y ago
  Out of curiosity, what’s the motivation to error suppress the mkdir call here (my PHP is rusty)? Anyway, this is great. Thank you for sharing!
  - okasaki 4y ago
    It returns an error if the directory already exists (same as in Python)
    - uneekname 4y ago
      While we're on the topic, in Python there's a nice way to deal with this: os.makedirs(path, exist_ok=True)
numlock86 4y ago
Ex mapbox customer and power user here. They became pretty terrible after being pretty amazing five years ago.
- lukeqsee 4y ago
  I'd love to hear your thoughts directly on this one. They're a primary competitor, and we would be happy to learn how to better serve your needs! (Email in bio.)
spiekerooger 4y ago
[dead]
durkie 4y ago
happy Stadia maps customer here! Good prices and solid service.
- lukeqsee 4y ago
  Thanks, Durkie! :)

curiousfab 4y ago

As a solution in between, for those who want to include a OSM map on their website but don't want to put load on the official OSM tile servers, a simple tile proxy may be a good idea. I am using something based on https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/ProxySimplePHP5 https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/ProxySimplePHP5 for a long time already and since I don't need to have up to date tiles every day, I set the TTL to a few weeks. Together with leaflet this works beautifully.

lukeqsee 4y ago
For sure! There's a lot of in-between solutions (depending on what services/regions/update frequency you need).
CSSer 4y ago
Out of curiosity, what’s the motivation to error suppress the mkdir call here (my PHP is rusty)? Anyway, this is great. Thank you for sharing!
- okasaki 4y ago
  It returns an error if the directory already exists (same as in Python)
  - uneekname 4y ago
    While we're on the topic, in Python there's a nice way to deal with this: os.makedirs(path, exist_ok=True)

numlock86 4y ago

Ex mapbox customer and power user here. They became pretty terrible after being pretty amazing five years ago.

lukeqsee 4y ago
I'd love to hear your thoughts directly on this one. They're a primary competitor, and we would be happy to learn how to better serve your needs! (Email in bio.)

spiekerooger 4y ago

[dead]

durkie 4y ago

happy Stadia maps customer here! Good prices and solid service.

lukeqsee 4y ago
Thanks, Durkie! :)