mapbox-gl-js VS maps

It originated as an open-source fork of Mapbox-gl-js before they switched to a non-open-source license on 8th December 2020.

> too bad it doesn't come with some code

Mapbox changed the license of their code last year I think to a proprietary one. https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-js/blob/main/LICENSE.txt

It requires a mapbox user license with billing enabled to use this code, let alone make modifications. But the source is viewable on github.

From https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-js

> Mapbox gl-js version 2.0 or higher (“Mapbox Web SDK”) must be used according to the Mapbox Terms of Service. This license allows developers with a current active Mapbox account to use and modify the Mapbox Web SDK. Developers may modify the Mapbox Web SDK code so long as the modifications do not change or interfere with marked portions of the code related to billing, accounting, and anonymized data collection. The Mapbox Web SDK only sends anonymized usage data, which Mapbox uses for fixing bugs and errors, accounting, and generating aggregated anonymized statistics. This license terminates automatically if a user no longer has an active Mapbox account.

Seems their client code does some things related to "billing, accounting, and anonymized data collection" and they don't want programmers to disable or modify that code.

Is that right? Anyone who has followed this have more information? I haven't used mapbox in a few years but I think it's great technology.

The software stopped being open source from v2 onwards. The new licence makes it merely shared source.

This GitHub issue where this change is announced provides a number of more in-depth explanations why this is a bad thing for most users of the software: https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-js/issues/10162

It's a bummer mapbox isn't open source anymore, now you're (and lots of other peoplare) are stuck pre-2.0.0 :(

https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-js/blob/main/CHANGELOG.m...

Web-site: https://www.mapbox.com/ GitHub stars: 6.1k, https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-js Pricing: Free, starts from $2.40 for 1000 loads Map Data Source: Mapbox Dependencies: None License: Mapbox copyright Category: Web Application Examples: https://docs.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl-js/examples/

So, I need native library for my project. https://github.com/rnmapbox/maps/blob/main/plugin/install.md

React Native Maps SDK

Link to the repository: https://github.com/rnmapbox/maps

Maplibre doesn't require a paid API. It's an open source project.I don't know what to explain, the documentation is super clear: https://github.com/rnmapbox/maps/blob/main/ios/install.md (for IOS)

Expo configuration

Follow this guide for the rest of configuration

Maps SDK for React Native is based on Mapbox GL JS. Here is the documentation for Mapbox Maps SDK for React Native which is a community-maintained React Native library that provides reusable JS components for integrating Mapbox maps into iOS and Android apps. Since it is just maintained by volunteers and is constantly updating, some examples of the props or the functions of the existing components were not clear enough.

I would recommend using this https://github.com/react-native-mapbox-gl/maps and then diving into mapbox. There are lots of good examples in the repo for how to draw lines and stuff. Then you can use whatever directions API you want.. I think they offer one, and of course there's google, etc.

I suggest using Mapbox: https://github.com/react-native-mapbox-gl/maps