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ncssar / caltopo_python

Python interface to unofficial CalTopo API
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Availability under commercial-compatible LICENSE #22

Open mkrupczak3 opened 2 days ago

mkrupczak3 commented 2 days ago

Hi @ncssar,

I'm the developer of OpenAthena for Andrdoid, an AGPLv3.0 open source app designed to make drone use easier for search and rescue:

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I'm looking at converting this caltopo_python API implementation into Java for use within the OpenAthena Android app. This would allow calculated points to be transmitted to CalTopo as a feature.

I was wondering, would you be amenable to changing the license for this project to something like Apache 2.0 or MIT? We have a commercial version of OpenAthena called Core that I'd like to add CalTopo support to as well, however it would be incompatible with the GPLv3 license.

caver456 commented 1 day ago

Hi, I'm not really familiar enough with license varieties to make a switch immediately. I did a bit of research and I do like the copyleft aspect. I reached out to a connection who may have some better-informed opinions.

However - if the only goal is to add a marker (and open a map) then you may be better off just writing the API calls directly to caltopo servers; caltopo_python might introduce a lot of overhead and functionality that you don't need.

mkrupczak3 commented 1 day ago

Ok, I'll look into that then.

Is it okay if I use this project for understanding the API?

caver456 commented 1 day ago

Certainly - you'll probably need to use chrome dev tools or such as well, to see what caltopo API calls happen as you do certain user actions in the web browser. Keep in mind that the caltopo API (according to its authors) is unofficial, undocumented, unsupported, and subject to change at any time. I don't know whether they have plans to do an official documented and supported API.

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Ok, I'll look into that then.

Is it okay if I use this project for understanding the API?

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