c/opensource · by poVoq@slrpnk.net · 2y

Placemark is going open source and shutting down

https://macwright.com/2023/11/13/placemark

It's an easy to use web GIS. Looks quite cool actually.

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stephaaaaan@feddit.de · 38 pts · 2y

Kudos to the developer. It really is the right thing to do when services shut down.

Catsrules@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 2y

That looks really cool, it is a shame it couldn't get where it needed to be for a long term business.

podified@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 2y

The author has worked on observablehq.com and currently works on val.town which are both really cool

corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I'm happy to create more value than I capture.

What an amazing way to say that.

Deebster@programming.dev · 1 pts · 2y

I'd just copied that exact thing to comment on. We need more people like @tmcw@mastodon.social in our world.

wiki_me@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Sounds like something related to openstreetmap, maybe contact them and see if they can do something with it?

poVoq@slrpnk.net · 1 pts · 2y

OSM already has Qmap which is similar, and QGIS also had a web gis these days.

Maybe placemark will be easier to run, and it looks like it is a bit more user friendly then the other options, but the niche is already a bit crowded.