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“Data is lifeblood”: Announcing Margaret Lee, GM Data Services
By: Peter SirotaIn the 9 months since I joined Mapbox, I’ve said the word “awesome” many times. There’s so much work we’re doing to give customers excellent critical services around location.Margaret...
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Visualizing 122 years of wildfire activity
How I scaled CaliforniaBy: Lo BénichouFor our recent collaboration with the Huffington Post, I visualized 122 years of wildfire activity in California. To do so, Marc Janks, the director of multimedia...
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Prioritizing privacy when using location in apps
5 Recommendations for developersBy: Tom LeeLocation is finally a prominent part of the data privacy conversation. This is overdue. The physical location of your body in a given moment, and over time,...
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Introducing Atlas Search
Add the power of context to on-premises applicationsBy: Alex UlshStarting today, you can use forward and reverse geocoding with Mapbox Atlas Search, our latest feature for Mapbox Atlas. Atlas lets you...
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CFOs are business partners
The core principles I look for in leadershipBy: Eric GundersenAs we’re growing our executive team, I sent the entire team notes on how I think about leadership hires and what I expect when I say, “I...
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The need for speed (limits)
Access speed limits through Mapbox APIsBy: Ben LevinWe’ll soon be making Speed Limits available through our APIs, offering a valuable tool for fleets to monitor and improve safety.With the explosion of...
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Mapping a nuclear detonation
Outrider and Bluecadet’s Bomb Blast visualizes the unimaginableBy: Marena BrinkhurstLast week, President Trump pulled out of a long-standing Nuclear arms treaty with Russia. In the days since, Russia...
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Travel safe with GeoSure + Mapbox
How neighborhood-level data is empowering users to get out and explore their worldBy: Brynne HennGeoSure, a safety assessment app and platform, uses real-time, hyper-local data to provide travelers...
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Travel the world with RoadGoat
By: Becky HarrisRoadGoat is helping travelers automatically track their travels and plan their next dream vacation.The app houses a rich database of over 4.3 million cities and towns, all built on...
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Haulynx launches Freight Carrier app with turn-by-turn truck routing
By: Cory GuilloryThe free Haulynx application, powered by Mapbox navigation, is now available for Android devices.Haulynx is an IOT technology company that provides interstate freight carriers in the...
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Location is Personal: Issue 2, February 2019
Navigating the Green BookLocation is Personal is a monthly newsletter by Mapbox, from the desks of Lo Bénichou and Amy Lee Walton. We’re exploring how the human experience shapes the spatial...
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Build the ultimate micro-mobility app
Your step-by-step guideBy: Tarani Duncan and Langston SmithIt’s hard to miss them. They’re locked to lamp posts, lined up next to store entrances, zipping by you on the sidewalks, parked right in front...
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Sprint 5G Maps Launch at Mobile World Congress
Sprint 5G Maps launch at Mobile World CongressBy: Marc PrioleauLocation data is now embedded directly into the 5G spectrum, with any device running on Sprint’s Curiosity IoT network getting direct...
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We support Google: APIs shouldn’t be copyrightable
Image Credit: John Brighenti, CC-BY 2.0By: Tom LeeYesterday we joined Mozilla, Medium, Patreon, Etsy, and Wikimedia in an amicus brief supporting Google’s petition to the Supreme Court in the Oracle v....
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Cartographic features for Japanese maps
By: Jaime ChenAs we continue to enhance our maps in Japan, here’s a look at our favorite cartographic features available to add to any map or visualization.GL rendering for CJK glyphsGlobal Japanese...
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Tokyo International Cartographic Conference Keynote on AI Mapping
By: Dave ColeWe’re honored to be invited to Tokyo this summer to keynote on the “Next Generation Maps for All.” The explosion of connected sensors, advances in AI, processing power on the edge and in...
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Open Data Day 2019
Celebrating the benefits of open data around the worldBy: Mikel MaronHappy Open Data Day! Thousands of people at over 250 events around the globe are gathering to create, build with, and promote open...
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Fly fine free
Understanding drone no-fly zones with Kittyhawk + MapboxBy: Rob AltenhausKittyhawk, a full-stack platform for commercial drone operations, is helping UAV companies take to the skies while remaining FAA...
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Visualizing stories of migration
Migration Trail shows a journey of struggle and hope with a rich, personal map experienceA view of the central Mediterranean, and the start of David’s route from Libya to Italy. Migration Trail, 2017....
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‘Mapbox Monday’ at the GeoViz Lab
Oregon State University helps students amplify storytelling and research with web mapsMapbox Support Engineer, Rafa Gutierrez recently led four sessions on creating web maps with Mapbox for the...
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