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| 1 | +# Request to Mapbox |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +The request can be found here: https://support.mapbox.com/hc/en-us/requests/82901 |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | +**What can we help you with?:** Mapbox Community (non-profits and positive impact projects) |
| 6 | +**Your email address: ** [email protected] |
| 7 | +**Full name:** Thomas Rosen |
| 8 | +**Subject:** Can you provide me with an open-source/non-profit discount? |
| 9 | +**What kind of organization are you?:** Non-profit organization or community organization |
| 10 | +**Organization or project name:** Queer Map |
| 11 | +**What is the mission of your organization / project?:** A map of community centers and other helpful information for queer (LGBTQ) people. |
| 12 | +**Description:** [At the bottom of this file.] |
| 13 | +**Please share a link to your project or organization website, if available.:** https://queermap.qiekub.com/ |
| 14 | +**How are you currently using Mapbox?:** (Basemaps / Mapbox Studio) (Other Mapbox APIs or tools) |
| 15 | +**Which other tools for maps or location services are you using, if any?:** (Leaflet) (Google Maps or APIs) (OpenStreetMap) (Third-party APIs) (Server) |
| 16 | +**How can we support you?:** (Non-profit discount) (Promote my project (blog post, media)) (Learn about Mapbox tools) |
| 17 | +**What is the timeline for your project or event?:** Released and stays online as long as needed. |
| 18 | +**Attachments:** - |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +**Description:** |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +Queer / LGBTQ are discriminated against in the whole world. Being queer (gay, trans, inter, ...) can mean death in many countries. |
| 23 | +Eventhough a mostly normal life is possible in Europe, America, Australia and in an increasing number of other countries: Queer people need save spaces! |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +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. |
| 26 | +All over the world, are youth centers and youth groups especially for queer teenagers. Most teens just don't know. |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +By collecting and presenting this hidden knowledge, I want to help and strengthen the world wide LGBTQ community. |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +# Talking tech: |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +I created a website to present and collect the place-data. |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +Technical requirements: |
| 37 | +- I need to query OSM for existing place information. (I use the overpass apis.) |
| 38 | +- 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.) |
| 39 | +- 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.) |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +The whole code is open source on GitHub: |
| 42 | +https://github.com/thomasrosen/queermap-firebase-hosting |
| 43 | +https://github.com/thomasrosen/queermap-firebase-functions |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | +# Mapbox: |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +I use Mapbox raster tiles and want to add Mapbox as a geocoder. |
| 49 | +But these are to expensive for an open source project that currently isn't getting any donations. |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +Can you provide me with a discount or do you have other options, so that I can use your services in this project? |
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