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Motive.io + Mapbox Unity SDK
Motive.io, a platform for building location-based games, just launched with the latest version of the Mapbox Unity SDK. Here is how I used it to quickly create an augmented reality “Ghost Hunter”...
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Launching the Mapbox Unity SDK
We are pleased to launch the Mapbox Unity SDK at the Game Developers Conference this week in San Francisco. We’re bringing global real world map layers, search, and directions to location-based games...
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Welcome to Mapbox Cities, Bloomington, IN!
Bloomington, Indiana, has a great track record when it comes to open source software. Bloomington’s Open311 uReport and GeoReporter tools are used by several other cities. Its inRoads app for sharing...
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New imagery for Vancouver and Toronto
We’ve just refreshed our satellite imagery for two beautiful Canadian cities, Toronto and Vancouver.Here’s a bit of central Vancouver, showing the shiny geodesic dome of the Science World museum, the...
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Welcome to the team!
We’re very excited to announce four new team members here at Mapbox! Read along to meet Shannon, Anthony, Alex, and Dominic and find out what they’ll be working on.Shannon Myricks - OperationsShannon...
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Welcome Sai Sriskandarajah, Mapbox's new VP of Legal!
“Grow your role enough so that when you hire your replacement, they’re 10x as good as you.”I first heard that that definition of entrepreneurial success from Tom Kalil, one of President Obama’s top...
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Mapping critical resources for International Women’s Day
Every day, women and girls around the world travel great distances to access critical resources like family planning and maternity services, or help for gender-based violence victims. Maps can help...
View ArticleWomen and the United States Congress
In the United States, about 51% of our population are women, yet only 19.4% of our members of Congress are women. For International Women’s Day, I created a map that shows what the percentage of each...
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Scaling open maps for Jakarta flooding
To streamline disaster response to flooding in Indonesia, PetaBencana.id, a natural disaster map, uses open source tools, open data, and Mapbox services.As a coastal city with over 13 rivers, Jakarta...
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Discover events at SXSW with IBM
This week at SXSW in Austin, Texas, use IBM’s cognitive event finder to discover cool events tailored to your interests and location.The application combines the power of multiple IBM Cloud services...
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Say hello to our new team members!
We’re happy to introduce four new team members here at Mapbox! Read on to meet Theresa, Bob, Andy, and Baran, and discover what they’ll be working on.Theresa Bower - AccountingTheresa is responsible...
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Testing directions with ASCII art
Classifying maneuvers is one of the most important things that our Directions API does for developers building apps with turn-by-turn navigation. When you’re driving, it’s what determines the...
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154 printed maps for the villages of Surabaya, Indonesia
When an emergency strikes, responders need maps in every form available: on the web, mobile, and especially pinned to their walls.Images courtesy Humanitarian OpenStreetMap TeamWe recently shared...
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New satellite imagery for cities across India
Cities across India have new imagery on our satellite map today. We’ve updated more than half a dozen major urban areas, with suburbs and highways as well as city centers. Here are a few highlights...
View ArticleHelping cities scale with open source
According to UCLG, the Global Network of Cities, Local and Regional Governments, there were 503 metropolises and 8923 intermediary cities (above a population of 50,000) globally as of 2015. They expect...
View ArticleHow we hire at Mapbox
We put a lot of time and energy into recruiting because we think that no aspect of work is more important than the people who surround you. At Mapbox, we look for people who are kind, people who are...
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What's your favorite place in the world?
The space that encircles the planet, through which biological life moves, is often more meaningful than just air, land, and water… Alec CerminaroCultural geographers, anthropologists, sociologists, and...
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Introducing mobile data-driven styling
The latest SDKs for iOS (3.5.0) and Android (5.0) introduce data-driven styling, allowing you to style any map feature based on properties in your data.Map visualizations on mobile have traditionally...
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Engage your customers on Twitter using location sharing
Today, Twitter launched location sharing in Direct Messages, making it easier for businesses to engage with their customers and provide personalized customer service. Now, businesses on Twitter can...
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One year public on HackerOne
Last month was our one year anniversary of launching publicly on HackerOne and our two year anniversary of running a bug bounty program. In that time, we’ve learned a lot about running a bug bounty...
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