ShannaHi Steven, and thanks for your response on this.
While Google Maps Platform will apparently be free for the first $200 of usage, a lot of people (including me) are unhappy about having to provide a credit card to get that free usage. I’m unable to justify that to clients who only want a map on their contact page. It was already enough of a pain to set up API keys for clients, and the credit card requirement was the last straw that has caused us to abandon Google maps in favor of using leaflet.js and OSM tile servers.
I tried the Leaflet Maps Marker plugin but could not get it working, so wrote my own shortcode, which you can see here: https://autotechnik.ca/audi-service-ottawa/contact/
Our problem on https://columbiavalley.com is that we have a couple of essential plugins (events, directory) that embed Google maps and we’re looking for a way to substitute maps from another source.
Leaflet.js is really easy to work with and i’d be happy to give you my code if you are interested in making it an optional alternative to Google Maps in Connections.