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The head-scratcher is more like: If it's a non-profit, they (and I) would have expected a .org, which, unlike .net, has been used consistently over the years. But I get your point in general.
.com has awesome recognition and seo, in my experience always ranking before the same .org, .net, .io, ...
Usually .com domains were used by commercial entities, and protomaps.com seems like it might have cost some money. I don't fully understand LLC except that they protect owners from company liability. Just trying to figure out what the goal for this company is.
> Usually .com domains were used by commercial entities I must disagree. Even in the early days, even though that was the intended use of the .com TLD, it has always actually been used as the default TLD instead of the .net TLD. I really hate it, but whenever I see a .com I have never, and will never assume it has some sort of commercial angle.
I'd go so far as to say "especially in the early days". When I got my first domain in ~'92, it was just a personal domain, and they wouldn't let me get a .net because I wasn't an ISP, or a .org because I wasn't a non-profit. And .edu was right out.
I've been an avid Mapbox user since getting alpha access to Tilemill. From my perspective, this is the most important contribution to the open mapping space since the introduction of vector tiles and Mapbox GL / Map GL. Mapbox in my opinion left the door open in how they approached tile baking with MTS. While powerful it was way to confusing and expensive. While you could always bake tiles with Tippecanoe you still h…
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Hmm I was just going off the Firefox estimate, maybe there's some browser difference?
The newest major version has moved to a daily build channel (the last major version was last updated in April) Today 10/23 is 107GB. https://maps.protomaps.com/builds/ I'll update the documentation page today.
I lurk in an online community of journalist coders and some folks there are excited about PMTiles as cost-saving way to host your own custom-styled map tiles. See, for instance, "How The Post is replacing Mapbox with open source solutions" https://www.kschaul.com/post/2023/02/16/how-the-post-is-repl...
Not sure if op is affiliated, but I recommend increasing the font size of the street names as you zoom in. Look forward to using this in the future
Cool but basemaps are a very tricky thing from a geographers perspective. There are several border conflicts. When it is open source there could be some manipulation. Immediatelly getting downvoted. All I'm saying is that official map boundaries these days should be used. Because I can again not post because too fast here my clarification: I mean official not commercial or proprietary
>"There are several border conflicts. When it is open source there could be some manipulation." Manipulation can and does happen with non open source data. Just ask any politician. You should be thankful to developers who did a great service for free. If something is incorrect because of conflicts - the world will sort it out eventually. It is not developers job. PS - I did not downvoted as I never downvote any posts…
Sounds like a good policy.
Also, is the data open source? The FAQ says the code, etc. is open source, but doesn't mention data:
> Is Protomaps open source? / Yes! All core software libraries and formats are open source under permissive licenses, including: ...