We’ve introduced OpenStreetMap as an alternative to using Google Maps in version 1.4.70 of our Property Manager plugin and Map Search add on.
One of the common problems many of our customers face using Google Maps is reaching their free quota for map usage. This means that once they have reached a certain number of visits on maps on their site, Google then charges them per hit. Since the various changes to their API and billing system in June 2018, this can become quite costly, especially for larger sites with lots of visitors per day.
These new changes will affect our core Property Manager plugin, more specifically any maps shown on the property details page and the map on the edit property screen whereby coordinates are set.
We’re really excited to be expanding the map providers available in Property Manager to save agents money and in future we will be looking to support others such as MapBox and more.