Qwant Maps
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| Author: | Qwant | |||||||||||||||||||
| License: | Apache License 2.0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Status: | Broken | |||||||||||||||||||
| Website: | https://about.qwant.com/en/maps/ (archived) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Source code: | https://github.com/Qwant/qwantmaps (archived) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Programming languages: | JavaScript, Python, and Rust | |||||||||||||||||||
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Qwant's map service from 2018 to 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Qwant Maps was the open-source map service for the search engine Qwant (https://www.qwant.com). It was a vector map display based on OpenStreetMap data. The map featured a location search, visualisation of POI data, as well as routing for cars, bikes, and pedestrians. The website claimed to respect the user's privacy and to never track or sell user data.[1]
Qwant Maps was discontinued in 2024. The discontinuation of the service was announced on X (formerly Twitter) on the 20th of May 2024.
Original announcement of discontinuation (in French):
Concernant Qwant Maps, le service va bientôt être désactivé. À la place, on a directement intégré un module Maps dans le moteur lorsque vous cherchez un lieu par exemple. Pour le moment, on préfère se concentrer sur l’expérience de recherche via de nouvelles fonctionnalités. On sait que ça ne fait plaisir à personne, nous les premiers, mais on en a longuement discuté et on pense que c’est mieux comme ça 🙏
Translated to English:
Regarding Qwant Maps, the service will soon be deactivated. Instead, we've directly integrated a Maps module into the search engine when you search for a place, for example. For the moment, we prefer to focus on the search experience through new features. We know this isn't something anyone likes, least of all ourselves, but we've discussed it at length and we think it's for the best 🙏
Qwant Maps is licensed Apache License 2.0. Its code is hosted on GitHub, and its repositories were archived on the 3rd of June 2024. Its repositories are still viewable at https://github.com/Qwant/.
Components
- The map's frontend was called Erdapfel: https://github.com/Qwant/erdapfel
- The map's tileserver was based on Kartotherian: https://github.com/Qwant/kartotherian_docker
- The map's geocoder was called Mimirsbrunn: https://github.com/Qwant/mimirsbrunn
- Its internal backend API was called Idunn: https://github.com/Qwant/idunn
See also
- Announcement of Qwant Maps (archived 2023-02-15)
- Mapcarta
- List of OSM-based services
References
- ↑ “Qwant Maps”. Qwant. Archived from the original on 2024-05-15.