Donate
Click here to donate to the Metro Mapper Organization.
Operating Costs
Here is a short list of the types of costs that are associated with maintaing this site.
- Traffic - the more people visit, the more our host charges for bandwidth. This is the biggest expense.
- Hosting - fees for hosting based on database storage on the servers.
- Maintenance Time - lots of data updates for each map, blog posts, answering emails, security, hosting, logs, and tracking.
- Data - some data has a fee associated with each update.
- Software and Hardware - for maintaining and improving site, images, and code.
- Domain Names - yearly fees for maintaining domain names and DNS email forwards.
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Why Donate?
Metro Mapper is an online news source for the community and visitors of Louisville. We take publicly available information, organize it, the present it on a visual map for all to see. We are a voice of the people, a grassroots organization that simply wants to provide information for people that don't have the skills, time, or money to obtain it on their own. Since the service is free, please consider one of the following ways to help us out and keep it free.
1. Donations
Donate any amount you can through PayPal on the left of this page. All money will go directly into paying for the essential operating costs of the site. Costs are listed to the left. We are looking at becoming a non-profit organization.
2. Support our Sponsors
Please support our sponsors and let them know you appreciate their support of Metro Mapper.
3. Download Firefox
If you've never used the Firefox browser before, you can download it through Metro Mapper. It will increase the speed and performace of this site, and other sites too. It's free.
4. Tell Your Friends
Email your friends about the site; tell them why you like Metro Mapper and why they will too.
5. Sponsor
As an organization, you can sponsor one of the Metro Mapper sections, monthly or yearly. Your banner and a link to your site can appear at the top of the page. Visit the Business Solutions page and then contact us so we can discuss options.
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