Since Sunday the live map is using Leaflet API with OpenStreetMap as main map. Rewriting took longer than expected, but everything behaves (almost) as before. Leaflet seems to be feaster regarding drawing of all the lightning dots, lines stations. That's really cool. But we have to cache the map tiles on our own servers, otherwise OpenStreetMap might get too much traffic. Google Maps are still possible, but we don't know whether we are affected by the new pricing model they will introduce in July for their API. Let's see...
There's also a cool new satellite overview provided by NOAA: https://www.lightningmaps.org/#z=3;tc=1
There's also a cool new satellite overview provided by NOAA: https://www.lightningmaps.org/#z=3;tc=1