Mapbox status

[Niels De Graef <nielsdegraef gmail com>]

Hello everyone,

In light of the previous thread on the maps mailing list [1], I would
like to ask if anyone knows about the plans for the Mapbox tile
service in both the long term and the short term.

Short term: am I correct in thinking that we have now transferred onto
the pay-as-you-go plan (as mentioned in the last thread)? If so, does
the foundation get the bill and does the Board of Directors need to
know about this? If we can still enjoy the free plan, are the terms &
conditions still the same?

Long term: if we can continue with MapBox or another service provider,
are other GNOME apps also allowed to use this service (and the JSON
service file of Maps)? I'm asking this as the GNOME Contacts
maintainer, as the app sorely needs to look into updating its code
displaying maps. I'm at a point where I'm even considering
(temporarily) ripping that feature out as it's leading to crashes for
some people.

Sincerely,
Niels De Graef (nielsdg)

[1]: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/maps-list/2017-November/thread.html