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That's a pretty aggressive list...
+1, didn't work for me either. There's dozens of us!
Here to say the same. Thought it was borked on mobile, but I'm guessing it's pihole.
Radar Maps Platform
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Re: Radar Maps Platform
#52Radar CEO here. Welcome any questions or feedback!
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 it’s “the standard”.
But in this case I’ll assume good faith for now and hope it’s fixed. A simple “© OSM” would be fine.
Re: Radar Maps Platform
#53I 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 mean, I love that you can get the OSM dataset into PostGIS pretty easily, but getting the vector data or raster tiles to the client can take a bit of CPU power and bunches of storage! I wonder whether I missed any other good cloud services, or a self-hosted stack that would make things easier.
That said, I wonder why so many seem to be moving away from raster tiles to vector data. I guess you can cache both and vector data is actually less storage intensive, but at the same time pretty much every vector map implementation lags badly on my phone and sometimes even a bit on my netbook (Radar still lags for me, although less than Mapbox, probably because Mapbox does the whole fancy 3D globe thing with fog and stuff).
Either way, major props for making this exist and pricing it so competitively! Would be cool to also fix the attribution text that's on the lower right on desktop but doesn't show up on mobile, at least for me.
Re: Radar Maps Platform
#54You 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
Hi, there are much more affordable geocoding options: https://opencagedata.com
Re: Radar Maps Platform
#55I 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).
Re: Radar Maps Platform
#56Radar CEO here. Welcome any questions or feedback!
The map isn't visible on my devices. I have a pihole on my network and the "stock" block list contains api.radar.io The list https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/h...
Their geofencing API seems to advertise tracking users. It seems to provide some kind of metadata storage alongside a geofencing API. My guess is that some websites are tracking their users though this API.
I haven't dug into it much further, but if their API is used for tracking, it should stay on the list.
Edit: looks like they provide a dashboard to follow the location history of any user using their API. Yeah, no, I'm adding this to my personal blacklist just in case.
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#57Do you have a static maps api I can push some geojson to draw over?
A static maps api that produces an image of the relevant vector tiles is on the near term roadmap (next 1-2 months). Can you say more about the geojson drawing part?
Not Something1234 but also interested in a feature like this https://docs.stadiamaps.com/static-maps/#example
Re: Radar Maps Platform
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The map isn't visible on my devices. I have a pihole on my network and the "stock" block list contains api.radar.io The list https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/h...
why is radar blocked..
My guess: https://radar.com/product/geofencing
> Best-in-class accuracy down to 5 meters
> Open-source SDKs with smart presets and customizable tracking options to maximize battery efficiency, responsiveness, and accuracy.
> Add geofencing to your apps with confidence. Visualize and debug every location update and geofence event with Radar’s dashboard.
Looks like this is used to follow the location history of app/website users on a map in the backend.
Re: Radar Maps Platform
#59You 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
why do so many people rely on Google for this? ArcGIS is vastly superior and much cheaper.
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#60Geocoding is certainly _much_ cheaper than other providers.
as cheap as ArcGIS, which is vastly superior. But kudos to this project