Open Map Technology
I’ve been doing a lot of work with maps lately. Mainly Google Maps. Apparently, Google’s ToS isn’t as straightforward as I thought, and certain very reasonable situations render usage outside Google’s terms.
I’m not saying I don’t like Google Maps though, I’ve come back to it many times for dozens of projects over the years; it’s indispensable. However, there are open alternatives. I researched the open alternatives for a series of Quite Useful posts (my other blog):
It’s incredible to see what people are with open source technology in this area.