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Become a power mapper!
Now that you know how to get on the map and got started with the Java OpenStreetMap Editor (JOSM), let’s take it up a notch with advanced mapping techniques. In this post, I will walk through common...
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DCFemTech Inspire
We’re excited to support tonight’s inaugural DCFemTech Inspire event. DCFemTech is a coalition of leaders aimed at providing opportunities for women in tech organizations, sharing resources, and...
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Find us at the Lesbians Who Tech Summit
I’ll be at the Lesbians Who Tech Summit in San Francisco today through Sunday, along with nine of my teammates. The (sold out!) conference looks spectacular - it’s bringing together 1,500 lesbians and...
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Introducing the Mapbox CLI
We’d like to introduce you to the Mapbox CLI, the command line interface to Mapbox web services. It’s for users who want to automate their use of Mapbox APIs without committing to writing a full...
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Introducing Mapbox Streets v7
Mapbox Streets v7 is now available in Mapbox Studio. Based on OpenStreetMap, Mapbox Streets provides a global set of data that’s ready to be customized for any map design. With v7, we’ve added features...
View ArticleMeet us at GeoSmart India 2016
Good morning from GeoSmart India 2016 in Greater Noida! Sanjay and I are in town for the next two days attending what looks like a fantastic line-up of sessions, and checking out the vibrant geospatial...
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Go the distance with isodistances
When looking at a map, drawing a line between point A and point B, or the geometric distance, rarely equates to travel distance. We drive on roads, walk on sidewalks, and cycle in bike lanes. Because...
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Clean vehicle traces with the Map Matching API
Since launching the Map Matching API, we’ve seen a lot of great examples that turn noisy traces into usable routes. While there are many creative ways to utilize this API, one of the most powerful and...
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Improving routing information using turn restrictions
Turn restrictions, like No left turn and No U turn, regulate traffic flow at intersections and accurately mapping them is critical to calculating valid routes on a map. The Mapbox Directions API uses...
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Lesbians Who Tech Summit: A culture of vibrant inclusion
This past weekend, I attended the Lesbians Who Tech Summit in San Francisco, along with nine of my teammates. Over three days, 1,500 lesbians and allies attended presentations and workshops covering...
View ArticleWhy we're supporting Apple in its case against the FBI
Yesterday, we joined a host of technology companies filing in court to support Apple in its case against the FBI. Our message was simple: Security can’t come with an asterisk. Privacy and security...
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Bhargav Kowshik joins Mapbox!
We’re thrilled to welcome Bhargav Kowshik to the Mapbox data team. Bhargav will join us in Bengaluru where he’ll be helping us scale our data validation processes, and build our transit data...
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Regulating English with retext-mapbox-standard
Today we’re releasing the content testing tool we use at Mapbox to automatically review all of our technical docs.Think of it as a pedantic robot that makes sure we write simple English, use consistent...
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Meet the new Mapbox API documentation
Today we’re introducing rewritten, redesigned, and expanded Mapbox API documentation. Drawing from hundreds of conversations with users, we created a new way to look at our APIs with consistent style...
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Photo mapping on OpenStreetMap with Mapillary
Mapillary is a great mobile app for mapping from photos. It allows you to take pictures as you walk, drive or ride your bike, upload them to Mapillary and use them for mapping on OpenStreetMap...
View ArticleTracking changes to China's northeast coastline with false-color Landsat imagery
NASA and USGS’s Landsat satellites captured dramatic changes in China’s coastline at the mouth of the Yellow River from 1979 through 2015. This reshaping of the landscape is a result of modifications...
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Docbox, an open source API documentation system
We built an awesome system for our REST API documentation and want to share it with you. Docbox is a Mapbox community open source project and the core of our amazing new REST API documentation.Docbox...
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Raising awareness for women's health in Tanzania
For International Women’s Day, the data team at Mapbox will join hands with crowd2map Tanzania in helping the fight against female genital mutilation in the region of Mara, Tanzania.Maasai Women in...
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Pledge for parity
We’re celebrating International Women’s Day with our pledge for parity. We pledge to:help women and girls achieve their ambitionschallenge conscious and unconscious biascall for gender-balanced...
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Welcome, Molly Lloyd!
We’re pumped to welcome Molly Lloyd to Mapbox in San Francisco. She’s joining our engineering team and will work to concoct powerful use cases for our tools, which also informs our product development...
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