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KenEucker / biketag-vue

A vue app for the game of BikeTag played worldwide at biketag.org including the published biketag-vue component library
https://biketag.org
GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
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Migrate from Google maps to open maps (free) #234

Closed KenEucker closed 7 months ago

KenEucker commented 8 months ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. We pay Google upwards of $7/month for the Google maps API usage that we currently see. This is a dependency that is unsustainable.

Describe the solution you'd like Replace Google maps with openmaps, a free service and API.

Additional Context: @IvanSundrovicDev has experience with this and mentioned being able to help with this in the future.

KenEucker commented 7 months ago

Leaflet has been implemented and it's working great! https://leafletjs.com/

From the website: Screenshot 2024-01-22 at 4 41 57 PM

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