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MapLibre GL is a free and open-source fork of mapbox-gl-JS

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Re: MapLibre GL is a free and open-source fork of mapbox-gl-JS

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Post by lights0123 »

blendergeek wrote: post #13
slibhb wrote: post #5

From https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-js > Mapbox gl-js version 2.0 or higher (“Mapbox Web SDK”) must be used according to the Mapbox Terms of Service. This license allows developers with a current active Mapbox account to use and modify the Mapbox Web SDK. Developers may modify the Mapbox Web SDK code so long as the modifications do not change or interfere with marked portions of the code related to billing, acco…

The billing is pretty important. Using Mapbox GL JS 2.0 offline using a local tile server still requires an account and a per tile fee.

> per tile fee

Per map load fee

Re: MapLibre GL is a free and open-source fork of mapbox-gl-JS

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Post by blendergeek »

lights0123 wrote: post #21
blendergeek wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The billing is pretty important. Using Mapbox GL JS 2.0 offline using a local tile server still requires an account and a per tile fee.

> per tile fee Per map load fee

Oops. My bad. It still is a nonstarter for offline OSM apps.

Re: MapLibre GL is a free and open-source fork of mapbox-gl-JS

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Post by gregsadetsky »

mourner wrote: post #6
slibhb wrote: post #5

From https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-js > Mapbox gl-js version 2.0 or higher (“Mapbox Web SDK”) must be used according to the Mapbox Terms of Service. This license allows developers with a current active Mapbox account to use and modify the Mapbox Web SDK. Developers may modify the Mapbox Web SDK code so long as the modifications do not change or interfere with marked portions of the code related to billing, acco…

There was a big HN discussion about it a few months back https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25347310

I feel like this discussion about Amazon Location Service is also relevant for anyone interested -- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25444615

Re: MapLibre GL is a free and open-source fork of mapbox-gl-JS

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Post by genericguy »

rijoja wrote: post #9
genericguy wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We are using it at couchers.org. It's a drop-in replacement to the 1.x versions which were properly open source.

Wow that is cool, good to see a couch surfing alternative. Have you gotten a decent amount of users?

We have people testing, but we aren't pushing for adoption yet until we have a more complete MVP

Re: MapLibre GL is a free and open-source fork of mapbox-gl-JS

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Post by genericguy »

Mediterraneo10 wrote: post #10
rijoja wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow that is cool, good to see a couch surfing alternative. Have you gotten a decent amount of users?

There have been Couchsurfing alternatives for years and years. BeWelcome is a registered non-profit in France that has been around since ~2008, while Trustroots (also a registered non-profit) was founded in 2014 to provide a site whose web infrastructure could develop more quickly through hackathons, and would be more friendly to alternative travelers like hitchhikers. The only reason some people saw a need for Couch…

Accurate!

Re: MapLibre GL is a free and open-source fork of mapbox-gl-JS

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Post by schoenobates »

icholy wrote: post #8

How does this compare with openlayers?

I've tried very recently with Openlayers and their OL-Mapbox style package[0] - it wasn't too bad TBH, but not great.

Maplibre is still very nascent and needs a lot of work until it is ready to be used in anger. I do wonder if it would be better to put effort into Openlayers rather than trying to maintain this library - as others have pointed out, OL provides so much more.

[0]: https://github.com/openlayers/ol-mapbox-style

Re: MapLibre GL is a free and open-source fork of mapbox-gl-JS

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Post by nxpnsv »

fit2rule wrote: post #4
nxpnsv wrote: post #3

I wanted to try this, it so I opened the demo https://codepen.io/klokan/pen/WNoZRyx and 30 mins later I am lost looking at Hungarian villages for some reason...

Hungarian villages are fascinating. Are you tuning into something, in particular, about them? (For me, its the village sun alignments/road-parallelism that fascinates..)

I was following the Austrian border, in places it is hilariously convoluted, assuming it follows meandering rivers - the effect on fields and contrast to straight villages is fun...

Re: MapLibre GL is a free and open-source fork of mapbox-gl-JS

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Post by dagw »

dnndev wrote: post #23

How does this compare to cesiumjs? https://github.com/CesiumGS/cesium

Mapbox is first and foremost a 2D mapping tool that can do some limited 3D. Cesium is first and foremost a 3D mapping tool that can do some limited 2D.

Also while the Cesium core remains Open Source more and more of the tools and extras needed to make something really useful are starting to require expensive licenses.

Re: MapLibre GL is a free and open-source fork of mapbox-gl-JS

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Post by dnndev »

dagw wrote: post #29
dnndev wrote: post #23

How does this compare to cesiumjs? https://github.com/CesiumGS/cesium

Mapbox is first and foremost a 2D mapping tool that can do some limited 3D. Cesium is first and foremost a 3D mapping tool that can do some limited 2D. Also while the Cesium core remains Open Source more and more of the tools and extras needed to make something really useful are starting to require expensive licenses.

Thank you! This was very helpful as we are focusing on 3D.
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