diff --git a/website/blocks/main.md b/website/blocks/main.md index ab2acbd..907a232 100644 --- a/website/blocks/main.md +++ b/website/blocks/main.md @@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ I'm Zsolt Ero ([twitter](https://twitter.com/hyperknot), [blog](https://blog.hyp OpenStreetMap is one of the most important collective projects in history. It started almost 20 years ago, and today 3 million edits are made each day! -Unfortunately, when you want to use the map on your website or app, you need to look for a commercial map tile provider and hope your site doesn't become too popular. Otherwise, you might end up with a $10,000 bill in a single day, as Hoodmaps did [\*](https://twitter.com/levelsio/status/1730659933232730443). +Unfortunately, when you want to use the map on your website or app, you need to look for a commercial map tile provider and hope your site doesn't become too popular. Otherwise, you might end up with a $10,000 bill in a single day, like Hoodmaps did [\*](https://twitter.com/levelsio/status/1730659933232730443) You can try self-hosting, but it requires a big server and a lot of time to get it right. I waited for years for someone to offer this service but realized no one was going to make it. So, I thought I might use my map hosting experience and do it myself. -I'll share more about the reasons in a future [blog post](https://blog.hyperknot.com/). Feel free to subscribe. +I'll share more about the reasons in a future [blog post](https://blog.hyperknot.com/), feel free to subscribe. ## How can this work? How can a one-person project offer unlimited map hosting for free? @@ -50,11 +50,11 @@ There is no technical reason why vector tile hosting should cost as much as it d Financially, the plan is to keep renting servers until they cover the bandwidth. I believe it can be self-sustainable if enough people subscribe to the support plans. -If this project helps you save on your map hosting costs, please consider subscribing to a support plan! +If this project helps you save on your map hosting costs, please consider subscribing to a support plan. ## How can I follow this project? -twitter: [hyperknot](https://twitter.com/hyperknot) (more frequent) and [OpenFreeMapOrg](https://twitter.com/OpenFreeMapOrg) (announcements) +twitter: [hyperknot](https://twitter.com/hyperknot) (more details) and [OpenFreeMapOrg](https://twitter.com/OpenFreeMapOrg) (announcements) GitHub: [openfreemap](https://github.com/hyperknot/openfreemap) and [openfreemap-styles](https://github.com/hyperknot/openfreemap-styles) @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ The map schema is [OpenMapTiles](https://github.com/openmaptiles/openmaptiles). The tiles are generated by [Planetiler](https://github.com/onthegomap/planetiler). -There is no tile server running, only BTRFS partition images with 300 million hard-linked files. This is probably the most innovative aspect of this project. +There is no tile server running, only BTRFS partition images with 300 million hard-linked files. This is one innovative aspect of this project. The server is nginx on Ubuntu.