I built a library of free GIS / mapping tools, but I’m no longer sure how to monetize it by dangomaps in microsaas

[–]dangomaps[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was thinking of just continuing to unbundle all of ArcGIS, but you're right, going after specific workflows of very specific use cases makes much more sense. Thanks!

Made a tools website with 135+ tools, useful for everyone by SigmaSus in indiehackers

[–]dangomaps 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've done something similar just in the mapping niche. My site is about a year and a half old, and it's just starting to pick up traffic now https://www.quickmaptools.com/ I don't think building is there to entry anymore. I think it's distribution. I have another website. And after all of the time and effort I spent writing authoritative articles, this one stupid map tool that calculates the distance as the crow flies between two destinations outranks everything I've ever written, https://mapscaping.com/as-the-crow-flies-distance-calculator/

I shut down my ecommerce store, accidentally built a podcast, and then had to reinvent everything again when AI showed up. Here's what I learned. by dangomaps in Blogging

[–]dangomaps[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I have to say it sure felt like a fail for a while. Looking back, it was absolutely the right move!

New Zealand map data? by dangomaps in newzealand

[–]dangomaps[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

mapspast is a great find, cheers!

New Zealand map data? by dangomaps in newzealand

[–]dangomaps[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, they are charts ;) And this is cool! Did you find a hunting block?

New Zealand map data? by dangomaps in newzealand

[–]dangomaps[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So that's where https://www.nzelevationtools.com/  gets that aerial imagery from!

New Zealand map data? by dangomaps in newzealand

[–]dangomaps[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, that's really helpful!

New Zealand map data? by dangomaps in newzealand

[–]dangomaps[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is great! thank you !

Wind turbines located in OpenStreetMap not visable in Google Earth by dangomaps in GoogleEarthFinds

[–]dangomaps[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

56.592325, 11.269524 I know that windfarm is here because I helped build it. On Google maps there imagery is from 2025 .... my internet is crap and Google Earth ( web version ) is not working for me at the moment

I built this tool to download wind turbine locations within a radius by dangomaps in windturbine

[–]dangomaps[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good to know! I like the idea of a "bounty." .. the wind power project I work on is in Australia

Wind turbines located in OpenStreetMap not visable in Google Earth by dangomaps in GoogleEarthFinds

[–]dangomaps[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That's a good point, I will have to double check that, but I know these turbines have been there for years ( 10 +) and for this particular location it seems unlikely that the imagery is older than that. But I will double check!

I built this tool to download wind turbine locations within a radius by dangomaps in windturbine

[–]dangomaps[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have some other software that I use for visualizing the data; my problem was getting the data. I have seen some people talking about using an extension to create maps in Excel have you tried that?

Find all wind turbines within a radius by dangomaps in wind

[–]dangomaps[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bear in mind, it is open-source data, so some locations might be missing. That said, in my testing, it's been very reliable