Thread: [SailfishOS] [Announce] Poor Maps
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Originally Posted by otsaloma View Post
Setting up a tile server would mean getting some kind of cloud server resources. In addition to CPU, probably large fast SSD-drives are needed. I don't know the specifics yet, but considering the commercial pricing (e.g. Mapbox's $500/month), and considering that it doesn't look too difficult these days, I'm going to give it a try. It's well possible that it turns out to be too expensive or too slow at affordable prices, but it's worth a look.
[I am writing it down here just as a note that would hopefully help you when you start looking into it.]

500/month is rather steep. When looking for CDN, I found comparison on https://www.cloudorado.com/ rather helpful. At least, it allowed me to see the cheaper CDN providers and look later on their offers. In addition to CPU and storage (probably around 100+GB for planet or a bit more), look for transfer out which could easily become a significant expense. Here, the bandwidth provided by data.modrana.org has helped and made it possible to use without collecting money.

Do you have any idea of the budget?

Looking on all complications, maybe https://openmaptiles.com/hosting/ is the option worth considering. But again, it would would require some mechanism allowing users to pay for it.
 

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