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Mapbox.js v1.6.3: better geocoding integration, improved attribution, and fixes
Mapbox.js v1.6.3 is now available, with better support for geocoding, an updated attribution UI, and code changes that will make coders happy.Check out the new API documentation and update your...
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A Rosetta Stone for Google to Mapbox APIs
Our latest guide is a Rosetta Stone for users coming from the Google Maps API to Mapbox.js. From constructing basic maps to geocoding, we show you the integration steps in each library and how easy it...
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Developing Open Source Software for Processing Mosaics
We have been extending our satellite mosaicking production infrastructure while working on the next version of Cloudless Atlas. The new version of Cloudless Atlas is using Landsat imagery, giving us a...
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Alternative Terrain Visualization
We have been working on creating striking visualizations of terrain, including most recently, Mapbox Outdoors. These maps utilize contour lines and hill shades to show topography, and are as beautiful...
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Damon Burgett Joins Mapbox
Damon Burgett has joined the team in San Francisco.Damon will bring his coding and design skills to projects like our map editor and commercial satellite tracing tools. He’s already been busy making a...
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Mapbox Android SDK
Today Mapbox joins the other 80% of mobile devices. Mapbox Android SDK is ready for your app.Our new SDK is an open source, flexible, and fast platform for maps on Android. We’re making it easy for...
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Debanding the world
In 2003 machinery on Landsat 7 broke. This malfunction now causes stark black diagonals across all images. Despite the malfunction, NASA kept the satellite in operation; it’s still collecting imagery,...
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Temperature and terrain cartography
Our new vector tile compositing technology opens possibilities for streaming data into maps. This week I added gridded temperature data from our friends at Weather Decision Technologies into our live...
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Turning diagrams from GPS
GPS logs can help ensure that Smart Directions match what someone with local knowledge would do in the same circumstances. One-way streets and turn restrictions are often obscured when you map raw GPS...
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Camilla Mahon joins Mapbox
Image Analysist Camilla Mahon joins Mapbox in San Francisco! Camilla is joining as an intern during the summer on our growing satellite team, ramping up our work to support environmental remote sensing...
View ArticleShrinking Lake Titicaca; via satellite
Lake Titicaca, the largest body of fresh water in South America, is rapidly losing water. As you can see from the imagery below, the lake is experiencing a significant decrease in water levels, due in...
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Introducing Mapbox GL
We just released Mapbox GL — a new framework for live, responsive maps in every iOS app. Now developers can have the most detailed maps sourced from ever-updating OpenStreetMap data, as well as the...
View ArticleWorld Cup Stadiums from Space
We are updating our satellite imagery with the 12 newly built soccer stadiums across Brazil just in time for the start of the FIFA World Cup next week. Below is a side by side showing the recent...
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Amy Lee Walton Joins Mapbox
Designer Amy Lee Walton joins the team in DC! She brings an experimental art+maker background alongside seasoned web chops ranging from designing interactive experiences, to metrics-based advertising...
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Simple Editing for Turn Restrictions in OpenStreetMap
The new version of iD, the web editor for OpenStreetMap, makes it even simpler to add turn restrictions to OpenStreetMap.Click an intersection where you want to add a turn restriction, select the...
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Drawing Antialiased Lines with OpenGL
Maps are mostly made up of lines, as well as the occasional polygon thrown in. Unfortunately, drawing lines is a weak point of OpenGL. The GL_LINES drawing mode is limited: it does not support line...
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40 cm satellite imagery starts today
Starting this morning, DigitalGlobe has new permission from the government to sell satellite imagery at 40 cm (16 inch) resolution, up from 50 cm (20 inches). The limit will drop further to 25 cm (10...
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Map Label Placement in Mapbox GL
Well-placed labels can be the difference between a sloppy map and a beautiful one. Labels need to clearly identify features without obscuring the map.The normal requirements for map labelling are to...
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Adding San Francisco Buildings on OpenStreetMap
Our data team has been busy tracing building footprints in San Francisco. The effort is not finalized but so far we have spent many hours tracing, improving and validating over 114,000 building...
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Drawing Text with Signed Distance Fields in Mapbox GL
Last week, Ansis explained how labels are placed in Mapbox GL, but once we know where to place labels, we still have to figure out how to draw them.Even in 2014 after over two decades of OpenGL,...
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