Thanks for the feedback! I've struggled quite a bit with figuring out how to best earn some income to cover my hosting fees (and ideally earn something more for all the work I've put into it). I experimented with Adsense but felt the ads were too intrusive and slowed down my page loading speed, and I didn't want to hurt the user experience. So I took a crack at creating some merchandise and using affiliate links, hoping that they integrate seamlessly and don't feel tacked on. I'm open to your alternative suggestions, however, if you think it feels like overkill (though I'm pretty dead-set against any donation buttons).
I appreciate your kind words as well! And thanks to OP for submitting my site.
Hi, I'm not the OP but I am the creator of NPMaps (many thanks to hownottowrite for submitting this). I would indeed like to get around to Forest Service maps after I finish with the national park units. However, they're lower on my to-do list because I've found Forest Service maps to be much more time-consuming to aggregate. Fewer people are searching for them as well.
So, it will happen eventually! I just can't promise it'll happen until I finish the national parks -- unfortunately, it'll be a while since I work a full-time job and this is just a side project when I have free time.
Thanks for the feedback! Admittedly, I'm pretty new when it comes to web design and have been sort of making it up as I go along. I ended up with the current layout because it was easy enough to code that I could figure out how to do it. I'm sure I could find some tools to allow hover image previews though - I'll add that to my (very long!) to-do list.
I appreciate your kind words as well! And thanks to OP for submitting my site.