This trend of “our branding takes priority over the required attribution for the free map data we’re using, but hey, they’re a little nonprofit so can’t afford to sue us” really ticks me off. Mapbox started it as a calculated move, and since then others have followed claiming it’s “the standard”.
But in this case I’ll assume good faith for now and hope it’s fixed. A simple “© OSM” would be fine.
I have a pihole on my network and the "stock" block list contains api.radar.io
The list https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/h...
The list is for people who don't want to be tracked by third parties. That's who we serve, and that's why we do what we do.
Based on this...
... note the "tracked users" feature, unless I'm missing something, this isn't going to change.
The commit's comment is "major update from adaway.org"
> Best-in-class accuracy down to 5 meters
> Open-source SDKs with smart presets and customizable tracking options to maximize battery efficiency, responsiveness, and accuracy.
> Add geofencing to your apps with confidence. Visualize and debug every location update and geofence event with Radar’s dashboard.
Looks like this is used to follow the location history of app/website users on a map in the backend.
I haven't dug into it much further, but if their API is used for tracking, it should stay on the list.
Edit: looks like they provide a dashboard to follow the location history of any user using their API. Yeah, no, I'm adding this to my personal blacklist just in case.
I sometimes find myself caring about if the basemaps look good and fit my use case more than the API cost.
Then, when zooming in, you have to zoom very very far in before street names show up. This makes a map zoomed slightly less far in mostly useless, because you can’t tell where you are. I realize that people mostly don’t navigate by map any more, but if you are literally selling map tiles, presumably mostly not tied to the end user’s GPS, then whoever is looking at the map would like to know where they’re looking. For example, in Manhattan, the actual useful coordinates are the cross-streets, and the map is not very helpful without the street names.