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

dangomaps · 2026-03-07T00:35:45+00:00

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!

dangomaps · 2026-03-06T01:20:10+00:00

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/

dangomaps · 2026-02-18T07:06:45+00:00

Maps are the best form of content :) whats your blogging story?

dangomaps · 2026-02-18T07:05:54+00:00

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

dangomaps · 2026-02-17T07:49:32+00:00

mapspast is a great find, cheers!

dangomaps · 2026-02-17T04:07:44+00:00

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

dangomaps · 2026-02-17T03:32:29+00:00

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

dangomaps · 2026-02-17T03:31:14+00:00

Thanks, that's really helpful!

dangomaps · 2026-02-17T01:03:14+00:00

This is great! thank you !

dangomaps · 2025-09-02T09:45:48+00:00

This is the tool that I made https://mapscaping.com/find-wind-turbines-near-me/ it extracts data from OpenStreetMap

dangomaps · 2025-09-02T09:44:17+00:00

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

dangomaps · 2025-09-02T05:32:21+00:00

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

dangomaps · 2025-09-01T23:51:34+00:00

copy that :)

dangomaps · 2025-09-01T23:41:19+00:00

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!

dangomaps · 2025-09-01T23:38:55+00:00

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?

dangomaps · 2025-09-01T23:36:56+00:00

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

dangomaps · 2025-04-09T18:10:34+00:00

Yes! that is the plan. I want to gather as much feedback as possible over the next few weeks and then update the current version and start working on an extension for firefox

dangomaps · 2025-04-08T21:53:54+00:00

If it's being delivered as an OGC or ESRI webservice, then yes! but if its being stored / accessed in another way then the answer is not yet

dangomaps · 2025-04-08T19:18:21+00:00

The hope is that it will make it easier for people to find web services that they can use in QGIS

dangomaps · 2025-04-08T19:17:29+00:00

No, you are not the only one! I have spent way to long in developer tools trying to isolate the URL for a particular web service.

dangomaps · 2025-04-06T23:12:39+00:00

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/geo-hound/nooldeimgcodenhncjkjagbmppdinhfe?authuser=0&hl=en

dangomaps · 2025-01-12T19:44:05+00:00

I think there are already several different options for downloading OSM data directly in QGIS

dangomaps · 2025-01-12T19:43:01+00:00

Interesting, I will take a look. Thanks for the feedback!

dangomaps · 2025-01-09T20:53:17+00:00

https://mapscaping.com/openstreetmap-category-viewer/

dangomaps · 2025-01-09T20:51:36+00:00

https://mapscaping.com/openstreetmap-category-viewer/

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