It's been a long time since google published their maps services, like many developers  I was google maps developer and preferred to work with these services,built many applications , enjoyed the good support and clear documentation, but between overnight Google changed the game rules and announced  they new pricing sheet which will effect specifically at 16th July 2018 , and affect directly for many businesses dependent upon this service.

Many business owners shocked , because most of them hasn't the appropriate budget to cover this expensive costs,also some of them using the trial account and hasn't a credit or debit visa to use in google maps(because in the new rules you should use your billing details and not allowed to use prepaid visa), a lot of messages came to me ask to fix google maps tutorials demo's, because they stopped working.

Finally i ended saying : maybe it's the right  time to find google maps alternatives ,i think to start a new series about google maps free alternatives ,in September 2018 started this series with mapbox service that built with an open source maps called OpenStreetMap

And as recording more tutorials i will discuss more if the free or cheap maps libraries like leaflet.js or openlayers ,I hope to understand them well ,keep moving forward with your businesses even if you have a limited budget ,doesn't hesitate to ask any question.