Maps on VICE News Tonight
Adding context to broadcast programmingBy: Angelina CalderonVICE News Tonight publishes original reporting with an on-the-ground perspective of breaking news, from the riots in Charlottesville,...
View ArticleDefending SF against aliens with Unity + ARKit
By: Lauri RustaniusLauri Rustanius is a professional skater turned AR game designer out of Helsinki, Finland. He continues to push the boundaries of AR gameplay and mixed reality environments using our...
View ArticleWelcome Alita Macias — Recruiting @ Mapbox
By: Zaina OrbaiAlita Macias just joined the Mapbox Recruiting team after an 8 year run with a leading retained search firm, Daversa Partners, that tech investors, founders and CEOs lean on to recruit...
View ArticleMapbox in Minsk
By: Eric GundersenGood morning Minsk! Today Mapbox is bringing on the deep learning team at MapData, a neural network-based map SDK team in Minsk, and we plan to open a new office in the High Tech Park...
View ArticleStore Locator Kit for iOS
A plug-and-play solution to get you up and runningBy: Lindsay YoungToday, we’re releasing our iOS Store Locator Kit, a plug-and-play solution that reduces the time it takes to set up and develop a...
View ArticleDestroying a virtual city with my Kaiju
By: David RhodesRecalling city destruction arcade games from my childhood, I wanted to see how quickly I could build a destructible game environment using real-world city data in...
View ArticleHow Mapbox GL JS events work with runtime styling
A recent fix from our support team explores MapDataEventsBy: Mal Wood-SantoroAs a member of the support team at Mapbox, I help users build out their ideas and troubleshoot problems. Recently, I faced a...
View ArticleOSMGeoWeek mapathons support Building Canada 2020
By: Julia ConzonBuilding Canada 2020 is a community-led initiative driven by a simple and clear vision: map all buildings in Canada on OpenStreetMap by the year 2020. During OSMGeoWeek (November...
View ArticleNew York Times live-mapping Virginia election
By: Lo BénichouToday, Virginia’s 5,489,530 registered voters head to 2,476 polling stations across the state to elect their next governor. This gubernatorial race is a closely contested bellwether in a...
View ArticleBloomington launches Open Data Challenge
Students apply GIS skills to solve real-world problemsBy: Christina FrankenIn anticipation of GIS Day, Indiana University is celebrating the exciting work the community is doing with Geographic...
View Article5 things I consider when designing for web and mobile
How to transfer your map from web to mobileBy: Amy Lee WaltonTaking your product cross-platform? Working on a few UI tweaks of your app? Here are a few tips to keep in mind to optimize your map for...
View ArticleMaps SDK for React Native
By: Nick ItalianoWe just released our Maps SDK for React Native, a cross-platform solution of reusable JavaScript components for building mapping & location into your Android and iOS apps.With...
View ArticleHost your own Hacktober
A fun red team event to reinforce security best practicesBy: Olivia BrundageOctober is Security Awareness Month in the United States. To raise awareness about security threats, we celebrated with a...
View ArticleInstant maps with Cartogram
How to create a map in <4 minBy: Amy Lee WaltonI made the map above in under 4 minutes with Cartogram and Studio.Start by dragging a picture with your brand colors into Cartogram.Next, use the...
View ArticleWelcome Abhishek Arora to the BD team!
By: Marc PrioleauAbhishek Arora came on board to build partnerships with the leading companies around the world for imagery, maps, POIs, and other geospatial data. Abhi joins us from Microsoft where he...
View ArticleDiscover new places in 360°
By: Joe GomezThreshold 360 is building a library of immersive 360° imagery for public locations across the world — restaurants, shops, hotels, and more. Businesses and search directories use Threshold...
View ArticleOpenStreetCam support for the iD editor
Improve OpenStreetMap with street-level imageryBy: Bryan HouselOpenStreetCam is a free and open platform to contribute street-level photos for improving OpenStreetMap. They’ve recently surpassed...
View ArticlePlacing AR portals all over the world Pt.2
By: Lauri RustaniusThis is the second part of a two-part series on how to procedurally generate world-scale AR experiences using the Maps SDK for Unity.In part 1 we highlighted an example using the SDK...
View ArticleThe cost of National Parks
A map to explore proposed changes to park entry feesBy: Casey MillerEntry fees to national parks may soon see a sharp increase. In an effort to finance a backlog of repairs and improvements to parks,...
View ArticleHeatmaps at scale for Business Intelligence
Visualize large datasets and own the experienceBy: Ryan BaumannWith the new Mapbox GL heatmaps you can add powerful map data visualizations to your applications with minimal code. Integrating our maps...
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