Mapbox in maps for developers

Jun 9, 2014

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Drawing Antialiased Lines with OpenGL

By Konstantin Käfer

Maps are mostly made up of lines, as well as the occasional polygon thrown in. Unfortunately, drawing lines is a weak point of OpenGL. The GL_LINES drawing mode is limited: it does not support line joins, line caps…

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Mapbox in maps for developers

Jun 15, 2014

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Drawing Text with Signed Distance Fields in Mapbox GL

By Konstantin Käfer

Last week, Ansis explained how labels are placed in Mapbox GL, but once we know where to place labels, we still have to figure out how to draw them.

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Mapbox in maps for developers

Jul 21, 2014

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Don’t fly drones here

By Bobby Sudekum

Unmanned drones like quadcopters and fixed-wing aircraft are at the center of new airspace regulations by the FAA. While the FAA deliberates on rules and regulations, states, cities and other national organizations have implemented their own no-fly…

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Mapbox in maps for developers

May 28, 2014

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Debanding the world

By Amit Kapadia

In 2003 machinery on Landsat 7 broke. This malfunction now causes stark black diagonals across all images. Despite the malfunction, NASA kept the satellite in operation; it’s still collecting imagery, but at 80% of its intended throughput.

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Mapbox in maps for developers

Jun 11, 2014

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Map Label Placement in Mapbox GL

By Ansis Brammanis

Well-placed labels can be the difference between a sloppy map and a beautiful one. Labels need to clearly identify features without obscuring the map.

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Mapbox in maps for developers

Jun 3, 2014

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Introducing Mapbox GL

By Eden Halperin

We just released Mapbox GL — a new framework for live, responsive maps in every iOS app. Now developers can have the most detailed maps sourced from ever-updating OpenStreetMap data, as well as the ability to fully control the style and brand to…

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Mapbox in maps for developers

Dec 2, 2014

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Making the most detailed tweet map ever

By Eric Fischer

I’ve been tracking geotagged tweets from Twitter’s public API for the last three and a half years. There are about 10 million public geotagged tweets every day, which is about 120 per second, up from about 3 million a…

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Mapbox in maps for developers

Apr 3, 2014

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Creating Maps From Drone Imagery

By Bobby Sudekum

On a beautiful day in Berkeley, the Mapbox team met up with 3D Robotics to fly an Aero fixed-wing drone. Here’s what we did when we landed, and how Mapbox connects drones to the web.

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Mapbox in maps for developers

Oct 7, 2014

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43,000 km of 10cm imagery added for Denmark

By Chris Herwig

We just added 43,000 km of brand new 10cm orthoimagery, covering all of Denmark, to Mapbox Satellite. We sourced the imagery from the Danish Geodata Agency and rolled out updates across the country of Denmark.

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Mapbox in maps for developers

Jan 30, 2014

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Smart Directions Powered by OSRM’s Enhanced Graph Model

By Dennis Luxen

Offering effective directions for pedestrians, cyclists or drivers is much more than simply computing the most direct connection in the road network. The open source routing engine Project…

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These were the top 10 stories published by maps for developers in 2014. You can also dive into monthly archives for 2014 by using the calendar at the top of this page.