Geocode Earth Reviews

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Geocode Earth mentions (5)

• Serverless maps at 1/700 the cost of Google Maps API

  As the developer of this system, I concur with this; Protomaps is focused on map tiles, and can be used with other solutions such as http://geocode.earth for search. A small detail: I don't believe this is the absolute cheapest way to deliver map tiles. Renting an unmetered bandwidth server is always going to be the cheapest way to host content, but unmanaged servers don't give you SSL termination, infinite... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• Is there a free version / alternative of google places api?

  The honest truth is that google places is simply the best in the world, and the 2nd place is far behind. that's probably foursquare. After that, mapbox, then mapquest, then https://geocode.earth/. All of those are paid. Source: about 2 years ago

• Mantle – Serverless Maps Using Lambda or Cloudflare Workers

  The stack I describe in the post is only for map tiles - Map tiles are a good fit for CDNs because the input space is small (just Z/X/Y coordinates on a square grid) and thus very cacheable. Geocoding is a very different problem because the input space - human language - is much, much larger, and answering queries quickly to support features like autocomplete really requires a server with hot data in memory. One... - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago

• Positionstack (by APILayer) Geocoding-API down for over 14 days, with no ETA

  If anyone comes across this looking for an alternative, we can help at Geocode Earth (https://geocode.earth). We're a small independent company that has been working on geocoding since 2013, first as part of Mapzen(https://mapzen.com), and then with our own self-funded business after Mapzen shut down at the start of 2018. Our core software, the Pelias Geocoder (https://pelias.io) is open source, and ironically we... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

• Should you contribute open data to OpenStreetMap for free?

  Here is why you should contribute to OSM even though there are major players profiting from it: OSM is big enough and good enough that all the tech giants (except Google) would do better to start with OSM and improve it to meet their needs than to start a new, completely proprietary map from scratch. That means that we are in an amazing place where in addition to the substantial volunteer OSM community, there are... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

Wanderu mentions (8)

• Are there no direct bus to Baltimore from state college?

  Try looking on WanderU but you also might need to consider taking a bus to Philly and Amtrak to Baltimore. Source: over 1 year ago

• Advice on secretly moving out

  If you live in the U.S. You may consult the comprehensive guide at https://www.reddit.com/r/homeless/comments/wjvkjh/comprehensive_and_systematic_resource_guide_for/. There are links to search engines for homeless shelters or women's shelters. If you have to deal with abuse, than domesticshelters.org has listings across the U.S. And Canada. There are also suggestions about temporary employment agencies if you need... Source: over 1 year ago

• I'm female and homeless

  I would also ask you look at the comprehensive guide that the beginning of this forum and see that there are options for shelter directories. The guide is at https://www.reddit.com/r/homeless/comments/wjvkjh/comprehensive_and_systematic_resource_guide_for/. Some shelters do services well and others leave things to be wanted. Regardless, please consult the listings nearest you from the links in the guide. There is... Source: over 1 year ago

• Does anyone know of any decent shelters around Appalachia?

  You can also start with the comprehensive guide at the beginning of this forum at https://www.reddit.com/r/homeless/comments/wjvkjh/comprehensive_and_systematic_resource_guide_for/. The guide cites wanderu.com and busbud.com as ways to look for bus tickets and destinations. There are also links to directories for homeless shelters across the U.S. I am sure there should be at least one place in the Appalachia area... Source: over 1 year ago

• How to find prices for flexible schedule?

  It looks like the prices are provided by wanderu. Their site is a little easier to use than Amtrak's. Source: over 1 year ago