Originally Posted by
staehpj1
You may be right they may have died. They could just be pursuing other interests, dealing with poor health (physical or mental), dealing with personal or family issues that caused them to totally lose interest, or something else.
This would make some sense.
Originally Posted by
staehpj1
I agree that it is odd to just drop out and leave the page to slowly die with no notice though.
This is weird. There was some sort of half-hearted effort (the "server problem" message is old).
I manage a website that costs $500 a year to host. If this site has "significant" fees involved, it's odd that it hasn't been shut down already.
This site was pretty popular (for its niche). DC Rainmaker have it a visible plug. It might have made enough from donations to warrant a minimal amount of maintenance (much of which might have done by automation).
With Garmin providing free maps for their recent models, there's likely much less demand for this kind of service.