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@dosch
not an expert on GDPR, but why we should need user consent on a web map?.

@l1am0
Thanks! I'll take a look ๐Ÿ˜ƒ

Beginning June 11, no more free API key for Google Maps (now Google Maps Platform) if you don't provide a credit card.

A lot of custom Google maps that have been created over the years will likely no longer work.

Time to use and

leafletjs.com/
openstreetmap.org/about
cloud.google.com/maps-platform

National Geographic Has Digitized Its Collection of 6,000+ Vintage Maps.

See a Curated Selection of Maps Published Between 1888 and Today goo.gl/bbZu28 t.co/XftvgsTSNn

"Open source development is largely more broken than ever... Unfortunately I think Github itself has a lot to do with this. The product has become too transactional - more support tool than collaboration."

"After 5 years and $3M, here's everything we've learned from building Ghost" blog.ghost.org/5/

h/t @Are0h

@sir yes, that's the magic of ๐Ÿ˜€

RT: twitter.com/Astro_Feustel

It is easy to see the activity on Hawaiiโ€™s Volcano from @Space_Station. We hope those in the vicinity of the eruption can stay out of harmโ€™s way.

Itโ€™s Not Your Imagination.
Summers Are Getting Hotter.

By NADJA POPOVICH and ADAM PEARCE via www.nytimes.com

nytimes.com/interactive/2017/0

Unbelievable

twitter.com/johnnyryan/status/

Facebook is confronting EU users a new โ€œterms of serviceโ€ dialogue that denies access until a user opt-ins to tracking for ad targeting, and various other data processing purposes

RT: twitter.com/ESA_EO/status/9952

Thanks to about 250 million measurements over 6 years @esaโ€™s mission has given us the most accurate view ever of vast ice sheet and floating ice shelves.

esa.int/Our_Activities/Observi

Accurate knowledge of the current topography of Antarctica will allow scientists to better predict how the ice sheet will respond to a warming climate over the next decades.

Reminder:

That open source software you persist in calling "shit" probably represents man-years, even decades, of work. And you're getting it for free.

Don't be an ingrate.