Mapbox in maps for developers

Feb 7, 2012

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Create a custom map of your city in 30 minutes with TileMill and OpenStreetMap

By AJ Ashton

With our OSM Bright template and a local extract of OpenStreetMap data,
you can design and render a custom map of your city quickly and easily with TileMill…

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Mapbox in maps for developers

Jan 11, 2012

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From Google Maps to Open Source With MapBox and Leaflet

By Tom MacWright

Switching from the Google Maps API to an open source library like Leaflet gives you the ability to
choose between new, open, and less expensive
mapping alternatives like MapBox,
MapQuest…

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Mapbox in maps for developers

May 24, 2012

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Binning: An Alternative to Point Maps

By Nate Smith

Binning is a great alternative technique for visualizing density when working with large data sets. Many of our maps are made with point data, such as locations of banks in South Africa and health facilities in Kenya. While…

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Mapbox in maps for developers

Aug 25, 2012

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Mapping Mars with Open Planetary Data

By Chris Herwig

Inspired by the Mars Curiosity rover, I set out to map Mars using all open source tools (like QGIS and TileMill) and open data. The results of these tools and awesome data are stunning. The first shows Mars as “the red…

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Mapbox in maps for developers

Nov 29, 2012

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Mapas Dinámicos Rápidos con OpenStreetMap, MapBox.js y Google Spreadsheets

By Ruben Lopez Mendoza

The Desarrollando América Latina hackathons are about to kick off this weekend. Here is a walk through of a simple site using OpenStreetMap based MapBox…

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Mapbox in maps for developers

May 10, 2012

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How We Serve Faster Maps from MapBox

By Will White

MapBox is powered by open source, largely by Node.js, Backbone.js, Puppet, and Jekyll, and most of our stack is deployed on Amazon’s high-performance cloud infrastructure. This post describes MapBox’s infrastructure and how…

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Mapbox in maps for developers

Sep 9, 2012

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Using MapBox With WMS Servers

By Tom MacWright

We’ve just published
an example of using MapBox with WMS layers -
the latest in the API being an open platform.
Just like MapBox maps can be used in multiple systems, we’re working to make it possible
to include maps from other…

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Mapbox in maps for developers

Aug 14, 2012

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Using Filters in JOSM

By AJ Ashton

I’ve been using JOSM for a while to make edits and add details to OpenStreetMap, but only recently discovered the power and usefulness of its filters feature. Filters allow you to disable, hide, select, and highlight specific groups of objects based on…

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Mapbox in maps for developers

Jan 16, 2012

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Designing a Minimalist OpenStreetMap Baselayer for MapBox

By AJ Ashton

I am designing a new minimal OpenStreetMap base map in TileMill to use with MapBox hosting platform’s map builder. The goal for the design is a general OpenStreetMap layer that can be used as…

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Mapbox in maps for developers

Jun 20, 2012

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Add Markers to Your Maps

By Will White

We just rolled out markers to all MapBox.com accounts, making it easy to annotate maps in your MapBox account with a few clicks. Use markers to designate points of interest by placing them anywhere on your map, then give each one a title…

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These were the top 10 stories published by maps for developers in 2012. You can also dive into monthly archives for 2012 by using the calendar at the top of this page.