I sent ADS-B Exchange a snottygram earlier about the changes made to their site. I wasn't holding my breath for a response, but here's what I received this evening.
My message:
Hi, I'm a regular user of ADS-B Exchange and I am shocked at how it changed over the weekend. It has gone from being a user-friendly experience with ability to change the map in the Global Radar View and add/remove terrain as required, to what appears to be some sort of tablet-style experience, with a fixed map and no options to change it. The new boxes with plane data are annoyingly large too.
Are there any plans to restore the functions lost over the last weekend? What other changes are planned by ADS-B Exchange to give back some of the functions that have been lost? Regards,
Their response:
This is VRS 2.4.2. Complain to VRS dev about the look and design. http://www.virtualradarserver.co.uk/
Google maps sent a bill for $4040 for 3 weeks of September. Maps are now OSM / Leaflet.
You complaints are noted but not accompanied by your credit card number, so I guess you're not offering to pay for the old the maps.
There is no lost functions. More functions have been added. Map is VRS 2.4.2
James
ADSBx
So, Google are screwing ADS-B Exchange over about the maps. This just adds to the reasons to take Google down, as they are abusing the dominance of the market.