Contact form

When you write to me through the “Message me” form, I receive your name, the optional contact details you enter (an e-mail address or Instagram handle) and your message.

I only use this information to reply to you. Messages are never shown publicly on this site and are not shared with anyone else.

Messages are delivered to me by e-mail through Formspree (formspree.io), which also stores them. If Formspree is unavailable, the message goes through Netlify, the host of this site, and is stored there.

City search

The city search sends the text you type to Open-Meteo (open-meteo.com) – or, if that does not answer, to OpenStreetMap Nominatim – to look up the city's coordinates. When you click a city, its name and coordinates are sent to Wikipedia to show a fact about it. This site does not store your searches.

"Distance from me"

On the terrain view of map mode, pressing "Distance from me" makes your browser ask GeoJS (geojs.io) for the approximate location of your IP address (city level). This only happens when you press the button. If you type in your location instead, it is only stored in your browser (localStorage).

Country pages and the route planner

When you open a country page (double-click the scrollbar), your browser asks GeoJS (geojs.io) once per visit for the approximate location of your IP address, only to choose the travel animation (plane, car or hitchhiking), and loads a photo from Wikipedia (wikipedia.org / wikimedia.org). The route planner starts from the place you type (stored only in your browser) or, if you ask for it, from your IP location.

Dynamic background

If you switch on the dynamic background in the header, your browser sends the keyword you type (or pick) to Wikimedia Commons (commons.wikimedia.org) and loads the photos from there. Only your browser remembers the keyword.

Strava

Some posts embed Strava activities. They are served by Strava (strava.com), so on those pages your browser connects to Strava's servers.

Deletion

If you would like your message and details deleted, write to pum.pum.production@gmail.com and I will delete them.