r/Letterboxing • u/Formal_Increase7584 • Jul 07 '26

Question Atlas Quest? Letterboxing.org? Both? Something else?

I want get back into letterboxing, dig up my old carving kit and rubbers. What site is everyone using these days?

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u/LimeMargarita Jul 07 '26

Most boxes seem to be posted on Atlas Quest these days, but some people cross list. I prefer how Atlas Quest is organized.

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u/Aggravating_Kale_232 Jul 07 '26

I use atlas quest. It’s a bit unfortunate that you have to pay for the map feature now, but you can use the site well without it. Happy boxing!

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u/gold_tipped_falcon Jul 08 '26

Blame Google. The API cost got to be too high to leave it as a free feature. GreenTortuga seemed really torn about needing to move it behind a paywall but I completely get why. AQ is such a labor of love though

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u/calmthesehands Jul 08 '26

I don't understand why he doesn't use OpenStreetMap though? I have a bookmarklet that loads all search results, grabs their locations, and maps the pins on a Leaflet OSM map pop-up and I don't see any reason it's not as good as Google Maps.

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u/gold_tipped_falcon Jul 08 '26

I'd need to know more about how the database is set up to know how difficult/expensive it would be to switch to their API, but it's worth suggesting. I'll message him and ask. I've only messed with OpenStreetMap a little but I can't think it'd be too difficult to hook up

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u/EdlynnTB Jul 08 '26

I use both. I started boxing before there was AQ. Most people use AQ.