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Request to Mapbox

The request can be found here: https://support.mapbox.com/hc/en-us/requests/82901

What can we help you with?: Mapbox Community (non-profits and positive impact projects) Your email address: [email protected] Full name: Thomas Rosen Subject: Can you provide me with an open-source/non-profit discount? What kind of organization are you?: Non-profit organization or community organization Organization or project name: Queer Map What is the mission of your organization / project?: A map of community centers and other helpful information for queer (LGBTQ) people. Description: [At the bottom of this file.] Please share a link to your project or organization website, if available.: https://queermap.qiekub.com/ How are you currently using Mapbox?: (Basemaps / Mapbox Studio) (Other Mapbox APIs or tools) Which other tools for maps or location services are you using, if any?: (Leaflet) (Google Maps or APIs) (OpenStreetMap) (Third-party APIs) (Server) How can we support you?: (Non-profit discount) (Promote my project (blog post, media)) (Learn about Mapbox tools) What is the timeline for your project or event?: Released and stays online as long as needed. Attachments: -

Description:

Queer / LGBTQ are discriminated against in the whole world. Being queer (gay, trans, inter, ...) can mean death in many countries. Eventhough a mostly normal life is possible in Europe, America, Australia and in an increasing number of other countries: Queer people need save spaces!

This is especially important for teenager. To build a strong identity, they need to know people like them. This is one reason youth centers in general exist. All over the world, are youth centers and youth groups especially for queer teenagers. Most teens just don't know.

By collecting and presenting this hidden knowledge, I want to help and strengthen the world wide LGBTQ community.

Talking tech:

I created a website to present and collect the place-data.

Technical requirements:

  • I need to query OSM for existing place information. (I use the overpass apis.)
  • Have a geocoder for a for the search field. (I currently use LocationIQ, OpenCage, Google and OSM-nominatim in combination to get as much free geocoding as possible.)
  • And map tiles for the map. (I use Mapbox raster tiles but will fall back to OSM-Standard-Tiles if necessary. And I use Leaflet as I want support non-webGL-browsers.)

The whole code is open source on GitHub: https://github.com/thomasrosen/queermap-firebase-hosting https://github.com/thomasrosen/queermap-firebase-functions

Mapbox:

I use Mapbox raster tiles and want to add Mapbox as a geocoder. But these are to expensive for an open source project that currently isn't getting any donations.

Can you provide me with a discount or do you have other options, so that I can use your services in this project?