Mapbox for Kanzi Digital Cockpits
You can now run highly customizable and natively rendered navigation maps in Rightware Kanzi - the popular UI engine for digital auto cockpits.We’ve partnered with Rightware to integrate our maps into...
View ArticleUpdates to the Mapbox Navigation SDK
Our mobile Navigation SDKs for iOS and Android give you the tools you need to add turn-by-turn navigation to your app or build a completely custom navigation app from scratch, and we’ve just released...
View ArticleSupport for Arabic and Portuguese in Mapbox Streets
Mapbox Streets now supports Arabic and Portuguese, making our maps more accessible to 300 million internet users, and contributing back to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap.Explore our Arabic mapOur...
View ArticleWelcome Leslie Nakajima, new Head of Global Communications
We’re super excited to welcome Leslie Nakajima, our new Head of Global Communications at Mapbox!From deep learning to mobile to mapping, Leslie brings 20 years of experience positioning new products,...
View ArticleHow I built an augmented reality app with the Mapbox Unity SDK and ARKit
We’ve seen some amazing demos recently where people combine the Mapbox Unity SDK and Apple’s recently announced ARKit APIs to make stunning maps with 3D terrain and buildings that magically hover over...
View ArticleDesigning Moonlight: A new custom map
Meet Moonlight, our latest designer style, ready to be used in your app or customized in Studio.I created Moonlight using a minimal color palette to create a high contrast backdrop, designed for data...
View ArticleOormila Vinod joins Mapbox!
We’re thrilled to welcome Oormila Vinod to the data team! She will be focusing on scaling up our process of protecting map data through validation and enhancing the quality of navigation data in...
View ArticleWelcome, Ashley Ann Mathew!
We’re thrilled to welcome Ashley Ann Mathew to the data team! She will be focusing on scaling up our capacity to create high quality datasets from satellite imagery, telemetry, street level imagery,...
View ArticleIntegrating iOS 11 drag and drop features with Mapbox
iOS 11 includes amazing new drag and drop features that allow developers to give users new ways to move media between applications. We’ve been experimenting at Mapbox with how drag and drop can work...
View ArticleSneak peek at heatmaps in Mapbox GL
We’re actively working on one of the most requested features for Mapbox GL — heatmaps! It allows you to visualize and explore massive datasets of points, reflecting the shape and density of data well...
View ArticleAdd isochrones to your next application
Isochrones reflect the total area you can reach, within a given time and mode of transportation. Historically, they’ve helped answer questions like:What kind of foot traffic can we expect for a store...
View ArticleBuild an interactive route planner for fleet management
When you have hundreds or thousands of vehicles on the road making pickups, deliveries, or visits to clients, even small inefficiencies in their routes can add up quickly. Mapbox can help you visualize...
View ArticleLocal government transparency in 3D
In September 2016, we launched Mapbox Cities to tackle cities’ biggest challenges through data-driven decision making.As a Mapbox Cities Featured Partner, the City of Melbourne’s Smart City Office set...
View Article3D map visualizations on Android and iOS
3D polygons on maps are for much more than just buildings. When the map is a platform, you can adapt 3D effects to suit your data and your story.With extrusions, available in our latest SDK releases...
View ArticleARKit: Augmented Reality on 195 million iPhones and iPads by year end
Apple’s ARKit just made augmented reality (AR) mainstream - and together with the Maps SDK for Unity, will fundamentally change the types of location-based apps that developers can build.Using ARKit...
View ArticleWelcome, Martha Leena Bonula!
We’re thrilled to welcome Martha Leena Bonula to the data team! She will be focusing on creating high quality data on OpenStreetMap using satellite imagery, telemetry and other datasets.Martha holds a...
View ArticleDesigning maps for mobile devices
Building maps for mobile devices creates a unique challenge. Maps are complex systems that require you to consider both data and data-styling decisions, and how the map is being used. Understanding...
View ArticleGovernment and citizens collaborate to map Canada
Statistics Canada is collaborating with the OpenStreetMap community to build a single inventory of the location and attributes of every building in Canada. Mapbox is proudly supporting this pilot...
View ArticleWelcome Ceci Alvarez!
We’re delighted to welcome Ceci Alvarez, who has joined the Mapbox team in San Francisco! After more than 5 years in consumer finance as a investor, regulator, and philanthropist, Ceci is joining the...
View ArticleMappers across Africa share data with their leaders
African leaders meet today in Nairobi to plan and commit to creating and using data to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals so that all are counted. Meanwhile, young people across the continent...
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