Use OSM maps for user pages

Registered by Bruce Cowan

Saying as Launchpad is supposed to be promoting Free Software, using Google Maps seems a bit wrong. It would make more sense to use OpenStreetMap and OpenLayers.

OSM offers better integration than Google Maps. Unittests can be written for OSM unlike Google Maps. Nor does OSM require costly licenses to run under HTTPS. In short, Google Maps cannot be proven to run in Launchpad, and there are security warnings on every page when running the site in development mode

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Status:
Complete
Approver:
Curtis Hovey
Priority:
Low
Drafter:
None
Direction:
Needs approval
Assignee:
None
Definition:
Obsolete
Series goal:
None
Implementation:
Not started
Milestone target:
None
Completed by
Curtis Hovey

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