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Global elevation data
Our new global elevation layer, Terrain-RGB, is live! Encoded in the Red, Green, and Blue channels of these PNG tiles are raw height values in meters. You can use the elevation data stored within...
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Download your styles, icons, and fonts from Mapbox Studio
Ever need to tweak an SVG icon in your Mapbox Studio style, but you accidentally deleted it from your hard disk? Today, what goes into your Mapbox Studio style now comes out, including custom fonts and...
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Style compatibility with Mapbox Studio
If you’ve seen us introduce 3D buildings and data-driven styles, you know that the Mapbox Style Specification is moving fast. We’re racing to implement new features across all our SDKs - Mapbox GL JS,...
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Announcing the Mapbox Unity SDK
.unity-illustration-container { height: 560px; pointer-events: none; } .unity-illustration { bottom: -10px; } #knight-head { animation: upanddown 6s infinite ease-in-out; } #knight-forearm {...
View ArticleFind your polling place with Mapbox + Foursquare
We teamed up with the Voting Information Project (VIP) and Foursquare to build an app that helps voters find their polling place and popular spots to eat, drink, or grab a coffee nearby.We used the VIP...
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Howdy, Tableau Conference!
We’re in Austin, TX this week to show new 3D maps and data in Tableau.Tableau already integrates Mapbox natively for powerful, customizable maps in your viz. Mapbox can offer even more for your viz...
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Live election results on The Washington Post
As election results roll in tonight, we’ll be watching the action with The Washington Post. Its site will have up-to-the-second data on the Presidential, Senate, House, and Governor races, with results...
View ArticleThe Datasets API is now available to all!
We just launched the Datasets API, a new way to interact with custom geo data. Speaking raw GeoJSON, the Datasets API provides an endpoint for every single feature. This fine-grained control allows you...
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Let's talk maps for travel at Phocuswright
We’re headed to Phocuswright in Los Angeles on Nov 14-17 to talk travel and tech, and Sean, Noemi and I would love to meet you!We’ll be demoing what we’ve built for mobile apps, booking sites, and...
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Vincent Sarago joins Mapbox
We’re happy to announce that Vincent Sarago is joining Mapbox. Vincent is a developer with extensive experience in remote sensing and building compelling, interactive experiences.Vincent will be using...
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Support the OpenStreetMap movement
Our friends at the OpenStreetMap Foundation, the largest open geographic database in the world, are asking for help to support their critical work. Let’s get OpenStreetMap to its €70,000 goal! Mapbox...
View ArticleHappy Geography Awareness Week!
This week we’re joining in celebrations across the globe for OpenStreetMap’s Geography Awareness Week, promoting geography, cartography, and open mapping!We’re hosting several events throughout the...
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PubNub API BLOCKS launches with Mapbox
PubNub, known for its low-latency secure messaging on every device, recently made Mapbox tools available on its API BLOCKS. PubNub powers thousands of realtime apps around the world, from start-ups to...
View ArticleAndroid 4.2 sneak peek
We’re introducing runtime styling in the upcoming release of our Android SDK. Runtime styling gives developers a new level of customization and a toolbox to design experiences directly in their code....
View ArticleMigrating a project from Mapbox Editor
Our team is working hard to build powerful mapping software for the future. In September, we announced that Mapbox Editor would be deprecated and that projects will become read-only on January 31st,...
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Announcing iD v2
iD v2 is now available on OpenStreetMap for editing! The web-based iD editor is designed to help create an even better, more current OpenStreetMap by lowering the threshold of entry to mapping with a...
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Welcome Brynne Morris
We’re excited to welcome Brynne Morris to Mapbox! Brynne will be based in DC working on the communications team to help us grow our social media and email strategies.Prior to joining Mapbox, Brynne ran...
View ArticleMobile runtime styling: get active!
From now on, your mobile maps can make subtle style changes in response to app conditions using runtime styling. This new feature is the focus of the next releases of our Android and iOS SDKs,...
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Riley Slitor joins Mapbox!
We’re thrilled to welcome Riley Slitor to the operations team at Mapbox! Riley joins us to support our team, working from our San Francisco office. She’ll do everything from supporting team members as...
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Welcome Sarah!
We’re excited to welcome Sarah Kleinman to Mapbox! As part of the labs team, Sarah works on building innovative applications with the Mapbox stack.Prior to joining Mapbox, Sarah worked as a front end...
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