Open Source Mapping at Global Health & Innovation Conference
Join us this Friday, April 12, 2013 for an OpenStreetMap workshop and happy hour in New Haven to kick off the Global Health & Innovation Conference at Yale University.I’ll be in New Haven Friday...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Design Weather Maps
We’re playing around with personalized weather maps – taking raw weather data and making our own cartography style in TileMill. The idea is that anyone should be able make their own Dark Sky styled...
View ArticleClik here to view.
OpenStreetMap #Editathon at MapBox
On April 20th MapBox will be hosting a mapping party as part of the OpenStreetMap spring #editathon happening all over the U.S. Mappers of all skill levels will be present, so if you’ve never edited...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Community Mapping of Managua Bus Routes on OpenStreetMap with Pencils, Paper,...
This is the power of community mapping. Last weekend 28 mappers came together to put Managua bus routes onto OpenStreetMap. Using nothing more than pencils, paper maps, and GPS devices, they surveyed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Announcing MapBox.js 1.0 with Leaflet
MapBox.js is now version 1.0 and we are joining forces with Leaflet, one of the most established and robust open source mapping libraries. Embedding maps in web applications with MapBox.js is now even...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Create Heatmaps Using New Colorize-Alpha Image Filter
If you search the internet for ‘alpha to color’ you get lots of results describing how to convert ‘color to alpha’ and its applications. Here we will be doing the opposite: converting alpha channel to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Interfaces for Visualizing Rapid Satellite Imagery Collection
As TechCrunch just reported this morning, we are teaming up with Skybox, the microsatellite and analytics company, to design new interfaces for visualizing rapid satellite imagery collection. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
High Resolution Upgrades for Antarctica
We’ll be releasing the new Antarctica imagery as part of our MapBox Satellite layer in the coming weeks.Don Juan Pond, with mountains from the Asgard Range to the left, Antarctica (latitude -77.208,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Open Government Happy Hour at the MapBox Garage
Join us for happy hour Friday, May 3, in the MapBox Garage where we’re kicking off Transparency Camp with a party. Over beers and snacks, we’ll talk open government, open data, technology, and more...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Neighborhood Mapping with Dynamic Vector Data Layers
With last week’s release of MapBox.js 1.0, adding vector data to your MapBox map is a lot easier. A sophisticated example of mapping with vector data is Hipmunk’s hotel search. This post walks you...
View ArticleClik here to view.
At the Edge of the Sahara
A convergence of three ecosystems at the edge of the Sahara: the desert of Sudan in the northwest, the savanna of South Sudan in the southwest, and the Ethiopian highlands in the east. In the northwest...
View ArticleClik here to view.
MeatText Featured by Apple
MeatText is featured by Apple under Navigation! Get the app!
View ArticleClik here to view.
Visualizing the Progress of OpenStreetMap Around the World
To visualize the progress of OpenStreetMap as its contributors map their local communities and the world, I’ve been using Mark Newman's cartogram tool to distort world maps, making the areas where...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Forecast.io Precipitation Data Animated
Global precipitation data, from 0-360, (so South America is on the right). This powers forecast.io’s global and regional views. Just playing for now and enjoying working with the @darkskyapp...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mapping Monsters
Replete with monsters and robots, our new video shows how social maps are, and how they are part of everything mobile.For starters, I hashed out a storyboard. Visually representing the points we aimed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
2006-2013 OpenStreetMap Growth, Animated
Just a quick update to Monday’s post on Visualizing the Progress of OpenStreetMap Around the World, where I make the areas where OpenStreetMap has been edited the most appear the largest.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Analyzing Infrared Bands with TileMill
We’re using TileMill more and more as an analytical tool, especially as we explore infrared bands. Infrared is not visible to the human eye, but it carries a wealth of environmental information, and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Land Use Borders in Southwest Africa
The border running east-west near the middle of this image is between Angola (on the north) and Namibia. On the Namibian side, cattle grazing is the norm, while Angolans in the area are generally crop...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Live Weather Data and MapBox.js
With Leaflet integration brought by the v1 release of MapBox.js, it’s easy to add live data feeds as custom-styled layers on top of your custom MapBox maps. In this post, I go over using MapBox.js to...
View ArticleTileMill for Education
Today I am visiting Humboldt State University, along with Nathaniel Kelso, as a speaker in their first annual Geospatial Speaker Series and to lead two workshops on TileMill. HSU, like other innovative...
View Article