Majd al-Shihabi 🏴 مجد الشهابيPalestine Open Maps has been a vital resource for researchers to look closely at archival maps of the region. I've been wanting to set up a recurring donation channel for the project for years, but @bothness and I are so busy with our regular jobs, and the day to day maintenance of the platform, that we haven't had the time to do it.
We are lucky to receive support from Visualizing Palestine for server fees.
Occasionally, hosting organizations for mapathons have a budget to support POM, and that goes to paying for a https://Geocompass.org to make urgent infrastructure upgrades to our platform.
Ahmad has been rewriting the entire front end in Svelte, I've been running mapathons and activating the platform in academic environments and beyond.
I started setting up a page on Open Collective, but I keep running into big legal questions (finding a fiscal sponsor, registering a business and associated bank account, etc...) but it's overwhelming.