Change Google Maps to OpenStreetMap

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frju365
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Change Google Maps to OpenStreetMap

Post by frju365 » Tue Apr 02, 2019 7:40 am

Hello,

I'm new here but I used already for a long time flagFox. I had a question : Could it be possible for you to change displayed map to OSM instead of Gmap ? Indeed, being tracked is not very nice, and I hope promoting free software and alternative tools is one of the goal of the project ?

Thanks in advance for your answer,

frju365

PS: I'm WEB dev and perhaps I can help. I don't know if the sources are available somewhere ?
I'm french : sorry for the mistakes I did.

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Re: Change Google Maps to OpenStreetMap

Post by rleeden » Tue Apr 02, 2019 8:31 am

I have looked at using OpenStreetMaps on the Geotool site in the past, and it is certainly possible. I haven't decided whether this is something I want to do, or indeed have time to do but it is on the list of possibles.

Just a note to say that the Google Maps implementation on the website does not and is not capable of tracking you. The website just passes latitude and longitude co-ordinates to Google to enable it to display the appropriate map. It receives no information about you.

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Re: Change Google Maps to OpenStreetMap

Post by frju365 » Tue Apr 02, 2019 9:19 am

Ok.
Well, OSM is very nice tool. You can use leaflet. It simple (however I don't know how you display the map).
I'm not still a good dev, but I want to learn. So if you need help, it would be a pleasure to help you.

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