nyuriks

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   by nyuriks 1y ago

   I see two points: safety - bigger supply chain attack surface, and code bloat/compiler performance. The later has been discussed in numerous posts here (the whole idea of a linker from the start was to get rid of unused functions, so n
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   by nyuriks 4y ago

   Just to set the record straight: MapTiler is *not* the maintainer of MapLibre. MapTiler is *one of* many participating companies in the MapLibre organization, which has a board and a charter [1]. Amazon has donated $300,000 to MapLibre, F
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   by nyuriks 6y ago

   I have proposed MapLibre as a new home, unaffiliated with any existing project, but at the same time inviting maintainers from everywhere, including OpenMapTiles (I'm a big contributor there), as well as other entities. So far a lot of
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   by nyuriks 11y ago

   Depends how you count - significant number of the staff (myself included) were first volunteers in the movement.
5. 5.▲
   by nyuriks 11y ago

   Everything is completely open. We use https://github.com/kartotherian/kartotherian which is Mapbox+Mapnik based.
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   by nyuriks 11y ago

   Thanks for all your support! Means a lot. Clipped labels is a big issue, working on it. Any help is welcome with bugs and styling. Info is at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Maps . Will post updates on twitter @nyuriks