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Revision as of 01:26, 13 September 2021

OpenGeofiction is a free service, run and hosted by hobbyists with a common goal of mapping. While the site is free to use, donations of any size to help defray costs are welcome and appreciated.

A message from Luciano
During the years when Thilo was hosting the site, he very generously provided the site's hosting out of his own pocket. With the transition to new hosting, I expect costs have gone up some. The site is free for users to use, but the servers where opengeofiction.net is hosted are not free. Therefore, we are making it possible for users to donate to support our hosting costs. Below is a summary of my current financial status with respect to OpenGeofiction hosting. This information is presented for the sake of maximal transparency, which I believe is appropriate since I'm asking people to make donations to support this work. The current monthly costs are approximately $350 per month. I think it is also important for people to understand that I average about 20–30 hours per week managing the servers and keeping things running. Please know that I do not expect or ask for compensation for my time; this is my hobby, and it is fun. Please also note this important pledge: If costs are met or exceeded by donations, I can look into upgrades or additional infrastructure for the site, including making the render server bigger and faster, working to set up Nominatim (a "find" button), or working to set up routing and route-finding. I am not running opengeofiction.net to make money. Donations above and beyond costs will be reinvested in the site.

General accounting

Current server costs

Updated 12 September 2021

OGF Servers
- ogfdev - Opengeofiction "rails port" and apidb : $160 / month
- tiles04 - Opengeofiction render server: $80 / month
- ogfwiki - Opengeofiction overpass, overpass-turbo, wiki: $80 / month
- shapefiles - Opengeofiction coastline and contours processing: $5 / month
- periodic backups (pro-rated for OGF machines): about $25 / month

Recent OGF spending

August, 2021: approximately $400.00 (included some one-time set-up costs that do not carry over month-to-month)
September, 2021: approximately $350.00

Recent donation totals

Patreon monthly donations income
- August, 2021: $130.14
- September, 2021: $144.67
One-time-donations income
- 2021 to date: $0

Note: Patreon income not related to OGF has been deducted from totals.

How to donate

Donations are accepted through Luciano's Patreon page or by Ethereum crypto: 0x3497c320D8FC2Bc26a9953336352B816b3248737.

Thank you to all who have donated! Please enjoy the results.

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-=A message from Luciano:=
+OpenGeofiction is a free service, run and hosted by hobbyists with a common goal of mapping. While the site is free to use, donations of any size to help defray costs are welcome and appreciated.
-During the years when Thilo was hosting the site, he very generously provided the site's hosting paid for out of his own pocket, but with the transition to new hosting, I expect costs have gone up, some. Anyway, please understand, the servers where opengeofiction.net is hosted are ''not'' free.
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+! style="background:#fff0f0; color:#000000; text-align:center; height: 35px;" | A message from {{OGF user|Luciano}}
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+During the years when Thilo was hosting the site, he very generously provided the site's hosting out of his own pocket. With the transition to new hosting, I expect costs have gone up some. The site is free for users to use, but the servers where opengeofiction.net is hosted are ''not'' free. Therefore, we are making it possible for users to '''donate''' to support our hosting costs.
-Therefore we are making it possible for users to '''donate''' to support our hosting costs.
+Below is a summary of my current financial status with respect to OpenGeofiction hosting. This information is presented for the sake of maximal transparency, which I believe is appropriate since I'm asking people to make donations to support this work. The current monthly costs are approximately '''$350 per month'''. I think it is also important for people to understand that I average about 20–30 hours per week managing the servers and keeping things running. Please know that I do not expect or ask for compensation for my time; this is my hobby, and it is fun.
-Below is a summary of my current financial status with respect to OpenGeofiction hosting. This information is presented for the sake of maximal transparency - as seems appropriate since I'm asking people to make donations to support this work.
+Please also note this important pledge: If costs are met or exceeded by donations, I can look into upgrades or additional infrastructure for the site, including making the render server bigger and faster, working to set up Nominatim (a "find" button), or working to set up routing and route-finding. I am not running opengeofiction.net to make money. Donations above and beyond costs will be reinvested in the site.
+|}
-==Current Server Costs==
+==General accounting==
+===Current server costs===
+''Updated 12 September 2021''
 *OGF Servers
-**ogfdev - Opengeofiction "rails port" and apidb - '''$160 / month'''
+**ogfdev - Opengeofiction "rails port" and apidb : '''$160 / month'''
-**tiles04 - Opengeofiction render server - '''$80 / month'''
+**tiles04 - Opengeofiction render server: '''$80 / month'''
-**ogfwiki - Opengeofiction overpass, overpass-turbo, wiki - '''$80 / month'''
+**ogfwiki - Opengeofiction overpass, overpass-turbo, wiki: '''$80 / month'''
-**shapefiles - Opengeofiction coastline and contours processing - '''$5 / month'''
+**shapefiles - Opengeofiction coastline and contours processing: '''$5 / month'''
-**''periodic backups'' (pro-rated for OGF machines) - ~ '''$25 / month'''
+**''periodic backups'' (pro-rated for OGF machines): about '''$25 / month'''
-==Current Time Investment==
-*I average 20-30 hours per week right now.
-I do not expect compensation for my time - it's my hobby, and it's fun. But just so people understand what I'm putting into it.
-==OGF Recent Spending==
-*August, 2021: approximately '''$400.00''' (included some one-time set up costs)
+===Recent OGF spending===
+*August, 2021: approximately '''$400.00''' (included some one-time set-up costs that do not carry over month-to-month)
 *September, 2021: approximately '''$350.00'''
-==Recent Income==
+===Recent donation totals===
 *Patreon monthly donations income
 **August, 2021: '''$130.14'''
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 *One-time-donations income
 **2021 to date: $0
-'''NOTE''' - Patreon income not related to OGF has been deducted from totals.
-==How To Donate==
-*I accept donations through my Patreon, [https://www.patreon.com/geofictician here].
-*I also accept Ethereum crypto: 0x3497c320D8FC2Bc26a9953336352B816b3248737
-==My pledge:==
-If costs are met or exceeded by donations, I can look into upgrades or additional infrastructure for the site, including:
-*making the render server bigger / faster
+''Note: Patreon income not related to OGF has been deducted from totals.''
-*working to set up nominatim (so the site could have a "find" button)
-*working to set up routing (so the site could find routes from A to B)
-I am not running opengeofiction.net to make money. If there are sufficient donations, I will reinvest in the site.
+==How to donate==
+Donations are accepted through [https://www.patreon.com/geofictician Luciano's Patreon page] or by Ethereum crypto: 0x3497c320D8FC2Bc26a9953336352B816b3248737.
-===Thank you to all who have donated! Please enjoy the results.===
+'''''Thank you to all who have donated! Please enjoy the results.'''''