OpenGeofiction:Donate

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 $300 per month. I think it is also important for people to understand that I average about 5-10 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. I additionally support other geofiction-related servers out of my own pocket, including the planet Arhet, some development servers, and the ogfsrtm server which supports contours on the ogf-topo layer. 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.

How to donate

Donations are accepted through:

• Luciano's Patreon page
• Luciano's Liberapay page
• Luciano's business Stripe account
• Ethereum crypto: 0x3497c320D8FC2Bc26a9953336352B816b3248737

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

Costs

OGF Server costs

As of 1 April 2023 (prices have gone up)

• OGF Servers
  • api - Opengeofiction "rails port" and apidb (16GB RAM) : $116.00 / month (including nightly backup)
  • overpass - Opengeofiction "Overpass" and "Overpass Turbo" (2GB RAM) : $14.50 / month (including nightly backup)
  • tiles04 - Opengeofiction render server (16GB RAM): $116.00 / month (including nightly backup)
  • ogfwiki - Opengeofiction overpass, overpass-turbo, wiki (4GB RAM): $29.00 / month (including nightly backup)

History of OGF spending

• 2021
  • 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
  • October, 2021: approximately $350.00
  • November, 2021: approximately $320.00 (some scaling back on server usage... should be even lower next month)
  • December, 2021: approximately $270.00
• 2022
  • January, 2022: approximately $270.00
  • February, 2022: approximately $270.00
  • March, 2022: approximately $270.00
  • April, 2022: approximately $270.00
  • May, 2022: approximately $270.00
  • June, 2022: $237.50 (more precise now, because of new categorizations on linode charge summary)
  • July, 2022: $237.50
  • August, 2022: $225.50
  • September, 2022: $229.28
  • October, 2022: $225.00
  • November, 2022: $225.00
  • December, 2022: $225.00
• 2023
  • January, 2023: $225.00
  • February, 2023: $225.00
  • March, 2023: $250.00 (I decided to start including the charge for the overpass server, which at this point is only being used for OGF and not for multiple other uses)
  • April, 2023: $250.00 (This reflects end-of-March billing - for May's billing, prices will have gone up)
  • May, 2023: $290.22
  • June, 2023: $305.50
  • July, 2023: $305.50
  • August, 2023: $300.03
  • September, 2023: $275.50
  • October, 2023: $275.50
  • November, 2023: $275.50
  • December, 2023: $275.50

Donations received

Patreon monthly donations income

• 2021
  • August, 2021: $130.14
  • September, 2021: $182.06
  • October, 2021: $243.46
  • November, 2021: $276.60
  • December, 2021: $245.36
• 2022
  • January, 2022: $262.01
  • February, 2022: $240.48
  • March, 2022: $226.02
  • April, 2022: $209.47
  • May, 2022: $209.47
  • June, 2022: $207.07
  • July, 2022: $202.82
  • August, 2022: $203.37
  • September, 2022: $143.84
  • October, 2022: $181.39
  • November, 2022: $194.80
  • December, 2022: $233.38
• 2023
  • January, 2023: $194.46
  • February, 2023: $224.86
  • March, 2023: $254.81
  • April, 2023: $258.04
  • May, 2023: $242.58
  • June, 2023: $240.69
  • July, 2023: $259.63
  • August, 2023: $229.34
  • September, 2023: $225.05
  • October, 2023: $209.48
  • November, 2023: $209.41
  • December, 2023: $293.07

One-time-donations income (crypto, stripe, liberapay)

• • 2021 to date: $473.77
  • 2022 to date: $0
  • 2023 to date: $76.95

Note: Donation income shown is for only those donors specific to supporting OGF. I receive donations supporting other activities (including other geofiction planets such as Arhet) as well.