FacilMap

[cdauth]

I am the developer of FacilMap, an open-source application based on the OpenStreetMap ecosystem that is useful for finding places, calculating routes and collaboratively creating shareable maps of markers, lines and routes.

It would be nice to see FacilMap available in Cloudron. FacilMap is running on Node.js and uses a MySQL or PostgreSQL database for storage. There is a Docker image available, the instructions how to use it are here.

[Kubernetes]

@cdauth That looks very nice and valuable for self hosting... The Dockerfile seems to be straight forward...

Github Link: https://github.com/FacilMap/facilmap

[LoudLemur]

Main Site: https://facilmap.org/
Licence: AGPL v3.0
Demo: main site
Docker: Yes
OSM: https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/8303/openmaptiles-on-cloudron-host-your-own-osm-open-street-map?=1712223703215
Open Routing: https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/2912/open-source-routing-machine?=1712223738198

Fantastic! I hadn't heard of this project and am delighted to see it here. Even more brilliant, the maintainer has actually visited us to suggest support on Cloudron. What a great start to a day!

First, I certainly hope FacilMap is supported on Cloudron as soon as possible. We are most fortunate, as one of our best packagers,@Kubernetes likes the look of it, too.

If you don't mind, I have some questions for you, both about FacilMap and about Cloudron.

Firstly, thank you for making FacilMap. There are some nice features on there, like straight line measurements, topography and English versions of foreign names. Do you think it might be possible to integrate public-transport routing into this at some stage? Perhaps you are familiar with the Open Source projects working on things like that. What is the future for FacilMap and the Open Street Map project in general?

Can we customize the level of resolution for different parts of the world on FacilMaps? For example, if we live in Antarctica and want to be able to see every nook and cranny, but don't care about Greenland and are ok with providing much lower resolution tiling there, can that be easily configured? What hardware would really make FacilMap run snappily? How much storage can we expect to need?

I think a lot of us would like to know how you discovered Cloudron and what prompted you to have this project supported here? Have you actually used Cloudron to deploy other applications and seen how easy it is? Later on, it would be nice to hear if you would recommend Cloudron to other developers. Also, I hope you know some other good projects and make a request for them as well.