Am I the only one who thought it was some aggregator for weather radar data?
Radar Maps Platform
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Re: Radar Maps Platform
#62I was actually looking into options for maps, geocoding and routing for a freelance thing that I'm doing and this actually seems great! I might go with Mapbox for the already started project, but will probably use Radar for at least something in the future. The other options I considered were Mapbox and MapTiler, since it seems that actually self-hosting everything yourself is a bit demanding on hardware resources. I…
For a self-hosted vector tile stack you can have a look into https://github.com/onthegomap/planetiler I found it very easy to get started and when you know the other stacks it is also very fast to create these vector tiles even for planet-scale.
(note, that I'm not affiliated with them, but they use some source code from us for the efficient import and also contributed to GraphHopper, but this did not influence my experience ;) )
> I wonder why so many seem to be moving away from raster tiles to vector data.
The flexibility of styling. And you can easily serve customers that need different default languages. This makes maps also more accessible for countries without Latin alphabet. Also when you rotate the map (like for GPS navigation) the labels can rotate too if necessary.
Re: Radar Maps Platform
#63Was hoping for some sort of interesting synthetic aperture radar (SAR) mapping service like Capella Space. Instead got more adtech APIs :/
Why did they name themselves "Radar"?
Re: Radar Maps Platform
#64You had me until this pricing page: https://radar.com/pricing?type=consumer I'm interested in the address autocompletion in particular, but you guys don't want to tell me how much it's actually going to cost apparently. I also have no idea what a "monthly tracked user" is or how it's relevant. LMK when you drop the "Contact Sales" aspect.
I came to write exactly this comment, specifically I wanted to check what the pricing for forward geocoding was, as I've got a very significant monthly Google Maps bill for geocoding and if Radar gives results which are 95% as good as Google's at a cheaper price then I'd be jumping
Would love to chat. Worth considering best solution given tradeoffs: Cost, coverage, customization options, enterprise-readiness
Re: Radar Maps Platform
#65Was hoping for some sort of interesting synthetic aperture radar (SAR) mapping service like Capella Space. Instead got more adtech APIs :/ Why did they name themselves "Radar"?
As someone who used to work at an ad tech company, I can tell you that we're very much not an ad tech company. In fact, we set out to build the opposite. More here: https://radar.com/blog/our-commitment-to-privacy
Short, easy-to-spell name that suggests location. It's worked out pretty well for us, and we got the dot com!
Re: Radar Maps Platform
#66I was actually looking into options for maps, geocoding and routing for a freelance thing that I'm doing and this actually seems great! I might go with Mapbox for the already started project, but will probably use Radar for at least something in the future. The other options I considered were Mapbox and MapTiler, since it seems that actually self-hosting everything yourself is a bit demanding on hardware resources. I…
You might also want to check out https://felt.com/ (also OSM-based).
We are big fans of Felt!
Re: Radar Maps Platform
#67Earlier quoted context omitted.
As an OpenStreetMap contributor I really appreciate the proper attribution you have in the bottom right, rather than hiding it behind a button like Mapbox and some others do - thanks! https://github.com/matkoniecz/illegal-use-of-OpenStreetMap
There’s no attribution that I can see on the second embedded map on the page (on mobile). A honking great Radar logo, but no OSM attribution. This trend of “our branding takes priority over the required attribution for the free map data we’re using, but hey, they’re a little nonprofit so can’t afford to sue us” really ticks me off. Mapbox started it as a calculated move, and since then others have followed claiming i…
Should be showing a collapsible ⓘ button on very small screens. We'll take a look and fix.
Re: Radar Maps Platform
#68Radar CEO here. Welcome any questions or feedback!
The example map of New York on the linked page has rather odd labeled places and street names. At the default zoom, it’s marked up as if New York, Hoboken, Weehawken, etc are literal points marked by tiny circles. This is particularly silly in the New York area, which is a continuous gridded metropolitan area. Then, when zooming in, you have to zoom very very far in before street names show up. This makes a map zoome…
Appreciate the feedback. We're working on showing the right level of detail at different zoom levels for the different map styles. cc @kocheez75
Re: Radar Maps Platform
#69Earlier quoted context omitted.
I came to write exactly this comment, specifically I wanted to check what the pricing for forward geocoding was, as I've got a very significant monthly Google Maps bill for geocoding and if Radar gives results which are 95% as good as Google's at a cheaper price then I'd be jumping
Would love to chat. Worth considering best solution given tradeoffs: Cost, coverage, customization options, enterprise-readiness
I believe the point is that Op doesn't _want_ to chat. I believe the originally point is you should be up front and _clear_ with your pricing rather than trying to force a conversation.