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What’s new | April 2020
Mapbox product updates“In cities across the world, roads are almost empty.” BuzzFeed NewsChangelog:Mapbox GL JS — v1.9.0Maps SDK for iOS — v5.8.0Maps SDK for Android — v9.1.0Hey Builders,How are...
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Creativity and compassion in COVID-19
Creativity and compassion during COVID-19How developers are using maps to care for their communitiesBy: Marena BrinkhurstOver the last few weeks, we’ve fielded dozens of requests for support from...
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Generate gradient lines with the Static Image API
By: Jeffrey EricsonGradient lines communicate change throughout a route. They can show a the intensity of a runner’s heart rate throughout their course, the speed of a car down a path, or simply...
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Snap’s “Hunt from Home” Easter
By: Julie MunroLast weekend, Snap launched its third annual Easter Egg Hunt with a 🔥custom style. In the past, the hunt encouraged users to physically run around and arrive in the location of the eggs...
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Dispatch dashboards: How Myle Technologies is delivering Doctors and supplies...
By: Sim DulaiMyle, the ride-hailing app that covers New York City’s five boroughs with on-demand and scheduled rides, is helping transport patients, critical medical supplies, and healthcare...
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8 compelling stories told with the Storytelling solution
By: Madison DraperSince we launched our Interactive Storytelling solution a few months ago, we’ve seen everyone from newsrooms to non-profits to individuals using this no-code solution to tell...
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Support for COVID-19 Apps
Deferred payments, coupons, and skilled volunteers for the response to COVID-19By: Mikel MaronCosts and technical barriers shouldn’t stop developers from responding to the COVID-19 crisis in real time,...
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Earth Day Live’s map of local livestreams
Three days of online mobilization with data cached through Amazon Web ServicesBy: Mikel Maron“Social distancing doesn’t mean that we should disengage from collective action!” — Earth Day LiveThis week,...
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Maps for frontline health workers
Using location to communicate and coordinate COVID19 responseBy: Hannah JudgeMaps have long been used as tools to combat the spread and prevention of diseases. They help us identify hot spots and...
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Why & when to use Static Maps
Fast, engaging, and universally supported mapsBy: Bersabel TadesseMapbox Static Maps are a collection of REST APIs and client libraries for generating images of Mapbox Studio styles. Static Maps are...
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NextStrain, and tracking the community spread in the absence of social...
By: Eric GundersenNextstrain is tracking the SARS-CoV-2 genome evolution sampling 3170 genomes between Dec 2019 and Apr 2020 and open sourcing the data to aid epidemiological understanding and improve...
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The New York Times: Mapping COVID-19 cases and deaths in the United States
By Eric GundersenThe New York Times is mapping the locations of coronavirus cases down to the county. Knowing cities and states use a variety of lockdown strategies differently, tracking the rate of...
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NextStrain: Tracking the spread of COVID-19 before social distancing
By: Eric GundersenNextStrain is tracking the spread of SARS-CoV-2 by sampling 3,170 genomes between December 2019 and April 2020 and open-sourcing the data to increase epidemiological understanding and...
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UrbanFootprint mapping mobility and emergency response
Ensuring access to food and services while limiting disease exposure to those most at riskBy: Eric GundersenUnderstanding where people are most vulnerable is critical to ensuring that people have...
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National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine: COVID-19 Common Operating...
By: Eric GundersenThe Main Situation Center of Ukraine, part of the National Security and Defense Council, has one of the most sophisticated COVID-19 tracking...
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Alternate care sites to expand bed capacity in Los Angeles mapped by...
By: Eric GundersenMedical facilities are struggling with surges that threaten to overwhelm their capacity — to help hospitals find space to expand and increase access to care and testing, the team of...
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US hospitals’ bed capacity for COVID-19 patients by COVID Care Map
By: Eric GundersenData on all US hospitals’ bed capacity to care for COVID-19 patients is mapped by covidcaremap.org using open data from the Definitive Healthcare & Healthcare Cost Report...
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Spain’s Ministry of Transport: COVID mobility data as a proxy for economic...
By Eric GundersenSpain’s Ministry of Transport and El Diario mapped the municipalities moving similarly to pre-COVID — a proxy for economic activity and an indicator of where social distancing is being...
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Carahsoft GSA Schedule 70 offers and NASA SEWP V Contract for Faster Mapbox...
By: Paul GoodmanCarahsoft is serving as Mapbox’s Master Government Aggregator™, making the company’s cloud-native mapping platform available through Carahsoft’s GSA Schedule 70, NASA Solutions for...
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Introducing GL JS v1.10.0
With support for mobile gestures and improved line labelsThe latest GL JS release (v1.10.0) introduces new touch gestures for mobile, better placement of line labels, two new expressions to manipulate...
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