Been to both cities, including visiting the Frank Zappa Memorial and the Republic of Uzupis
So whatās the procedure for snowbirds? Move the pin every 6 months, or have two of them? Scheduled to close on Mooseshop Bokeelia in a couple weeks, once weāve settled in (assuming thereās any available and Mrs Moose doesnāt put us too deep in hock for furniture, etc) itāll be time to order up the second Maslow. It only has a smallish 2 car garage, but thereās room to put up a decent sized actual shop; thinking of a Quonset style shed around 30x30 (around 10m square) but will see where that plan goes
I would pin the Maslow location. If it travels with you, pin 'em both! If you have adopted a gypsy lifestyle, spending only a few weeks in a place, well, I guess you are going to have to move your pin often.
Plus itās the Internet and every task has an astounding number of options to choose from. While not 100%, Google maps has a good chance of being there for a long time. Another service might go to the graveyard of forgotten Internet sites. No knock on Zeemaps but Iāve never heard of them before
I notice that Google is going to change some fundamental things about their map service. I donāt think that will affect our map, but it does remind that ours is basically a file that a generous user - thanks @Dag! - has shared. @Jatt might be right to raise the question, if only as a checkup.
zeemaps is open - anyone with the link can add a pin, no account needed. (but if you donāt create an account, only the admin can edit the location of your pin later)
As for them not being around, Iāve used them on different kickstarted things or the last 4 years or soā¦
The nice thing is that it doesnāt require you to have a gmail account or to tie your google account to this project, so good for keeping your google self separate if youāre somewhat security conscious.
i created a mirror of the google maps version linked in this thread on zeemaps if anyone wants to try it out. The map auto-zooms to what it thinks is your location on load.
That works nicely, but it will become unavailable āfreezeā after 100 views unless a paid plan is purchased. Zeemaps is the kind of company that will be affected by Googleās price/policy change, I wonder how it will affect their price structure.
I got no problem with trying out another service, as you see in the original post, i just kinda asked ādoes this workā and by the time we could set it up better there were allready too many people using it to switch over.
That said, the map is not on my main account, itās an account i only used to cheat at pokemon go. Iāve sent bar the password, so if i ever leave here (not in the least planning to), the map is still accessible.
If I were to set up an alternate map, I would do something based on Openstreetmap. Anything that uses one of the commercial map providers (Google, Bing, MapQuest, Stamen, etc.) is subject to their terms of service, which can change. In many industries itās not uncommon for one player (usually the biggest) to make a unilateral change to their ToS and all the others follow suit. So if your plan B is based on another commercial map vendor, even if they do not base their maps on Googleās API, it may be vulnerable to Googleās whims, sending you directly to plan F (Iāll let you imagine what the F stands for).
OpenStreetMap is an open-source map database that was created to avoid the pitfalls of commercial providers owning all the map data. OSM isnāt as up-to-date as Google maps, but for the purposes of our map, itās entirely adequate. Full disclosure: Iām a volunteer mapper for OSM. But then again, Iām a Local Guide for Google Maps, too. I just hate inaccurate maps!
Great idea to thank you
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