Opposing the executive order barring immigration: Amicus brief filed in the...
We just joined 96 companies in filing the Brief of Technology Companies and other Businesses as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellees in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, opposing the Executive Order...
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¡Bienvenido, Pablo!
We’re excited to welcome Pablo Guardiola to Mapbox! Pablo is joining the mobile team to help us bring new features to our Android SDK.Before joining Mapbox, Pablo worked at Telefonica R&D as a...
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Bringing 3D terrain to the browser with Three.js
Mapbox builds the full mapping stack: collecting geographic data, cutting it into vector tiles, and rendering maps on many platforms. But it’s important that workflows can leverage our individual tools...
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Beautifying map labels with better line breaking
We’ve improved text layout on our maps, with a special focus on right-to-left and ideographic scripts, like Arabic and Chinese. With readability as the first priority, we established a new algorithm...
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Styling lanes in Mapbox Studio
Lanes are critical features on high resolution maps for automotive and mobility. You can use Mapbox Studio to style custom lane designs to fit your needs. Here’s a clean style that keeps all lanes...
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Julie Munro joins Mapbox!
Julie Munro has joined the Mapbox team in Washington, DC! As a member of our customer success team, she will be helping our Enterprise customers build and launch beautiful apps with our platform.Prior...
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3D terrain in Unity
The Mapbox Unity SDK has full support for global digital elevation data in Unity. Our SDK ships with elevation encoded raster tiles from our global tiled digital elevation model that, together with...
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Jordan Kiley joins Mapbox
Welcome Jordan Kiley to Mapbox! Jordan joins our mobile team, where she’ll be supporting our users as they build great apps and contributing to the development of our iOS SDK.Jordan comes to Mapbox via...
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Eliminating malaria through mapping
Last year, Visualize No Malaria, a partnership between Zambia’s Ministry of Health, PATH, Tableau Foundation, and a coalition of tech partners, mapped 99% of buildings in Livingstone District, Zambia...
View ArticleGrants for OpenStreetMap communities
Do you belong to or know an amazing mapping community in Southeast Asia, South Asia, Latin America/Caribbean, or Africa? Or are you working in development, and want to get started with Open Mapping?...
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Mapping picnic sites on OpenStreetMap
What better way to get a head start on grilling season than mapping your favorite picnic sites! Last week Ajith and I updated OpenStreetMap’s in-browser editor to bundle the latest Maki icons. This...
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West Midlands is getting smart about transport disruptions
Smaller cities are stretching their resources by joining efforts with their neighbors on smart cities initiatives. With this new approach, these cities can still benefit from the agility of working as...
View ArticleMapping congressional town halls
Monday marks the start of the Congressional recess, when many voters across the country will talk with their representatives in person at town hall meetings. I teamed up with Dylan from Development...
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你好, Shanghai!
We just updated our satellite imagery for one of the biggest cities in the world – Shanghai. Let me show you some of this fresh data:The old and new financial districts are at the center of the city....
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Start building your Android Wear 2.0 apps with Mapbox
Over the last few months our Android team has been getting ready for the launch of Android Wear 2.0. The Mapbox Android SDK includes full support for Android Wear 2.0 and is designed for the unique...
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Welcome Randall! VP of Sales
Welcome Randall Jackson, as VP of Sales! Randall is leading our sales team, running right next to me on the business side of the house.Not many people wake up in the morning wanting to buy an NoSQL...
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Introducing the Mapbox Studio Manual
Whether you’ve built with Mapbox Studio before or you’re not sure where to start, the new Mapbox Studio Manual is your guide to creating beautiful custom map styles. From a simple walk through of the...
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Welcome back, Marc!
Few people know the mapping industry as well as Marc Prioleau. He was a crucial early advisor to our team as we raised our first round of investment. After a stint at Uber, Marc is coming home to our...
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Welcome back, Marc!
Few people know the mapping industry as well as Marc Prioleau. He was a crucial early advisor to our team as we raised our first round of investment. After a stint at Uber, Marc is coming home to our...
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Static API with overlays
As of today, you can add custom overlays to your static maps when making requests to the Static API. This is useful in situations where JavaScript is not available or if you’re trying to keep your UI...
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