Hiring a Designer at MapBox
We are looking for a designer to join MapBox in 2013. You’ll be joining a hard working and close-knit team of purpose-driven developers, designers, and communicators. We’re a diverse group with...
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Satellite Imagery Caching With the iOS SDK
A unique feature of our new MapBox Satellite layer is unlimited offline caching on mobile devices. No one else in the industry is doing this. All users of our iOS SDK will be able to use MapBox...
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Pansharpening Satellite Imagery for Easier Tracing into OpenStreetMap
GeoEye and the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) are collaborating to trace new satellite imagery of Salajar Island, Indonesia, an under-mapped area in OpenStreetMap. This is part of HOT’s larger...
View ArticleVideo: Tinting MapBox Satellite
Last month we announced MapBox Satellite, a global high-resolution aerial imagery layer for MapBox Streets, our street-level map of the world. Through MapBox.com you can customize satellite maps to...
View ArticleGeoDC Meetup Tomorrow on Satellites
The first GeoDC meetup of 2013 is happening tomorrow, Wednesday, January 9, at 7:00 pm at Stetson’s Bar and will focus on satellites. Speakers will give insight on satellite constellations, the imagery...
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JavaScript, Ruby, and Testing Specialist John Firebaugh Joins MapBox
We’re happy to announce that John Firebaugh is joining MapBox. John’s deep expertise in JavaScript, Ruby, software architecture, and automated testing is an incredible addition to our team as we step...
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Talking MapBox and Node.js at JS.geo
I’m in Denver this week for JS.geo, a small two-day conference all about using JavaScript in geo applications. I’m really looking forward to hearing how other people are using JavaScript to power geo...
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Georeferencing Images for Use in TileMill and MapBox
If the skies are clear on Monday, GeoEye will capture incredible imagery of President Obama’s second Inauguration from space.GeoEye | 2009 InaugurationGeoEye is planning to distribute this imagery to...
View ArticleNew ArcMap Publishing UI for Uploading to MapBox
It’s now even easier to publish maps from ArcMap to your MapBox account to take advantage of the design features, speed, and publishing tools that MapBox offers, thanks to the latest Arc2Earth update....
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MapBox Acquires MeatText Mobile Social Mapping App
We just acquired MeatText, the super-simple, share-your-location-with-anyone app, and lead developer Bobby Sudekum is joining the MapBox team. This is all part of our larger social mobile push in 2013....
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500 Million Foursquare Check-ins Visualized
Foursquare just published a beautiful map visualizing a staggering 500 million check-ins from the last three months. The default layer shows check-in locations, and simple toggles on the top left allow...
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Richer Customization with MapBox Custom Styles
We’ve just relaunched one of MapBox’s most powerful features: custom styles for MapBox Streets. The node.js core of our editor has gotten a complete rewrite from Dane Springmeyer with fast image...
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MapBox Maps Now Embed On Twitter
MapBox maps are now fully integrated with Twitter. When you tweet a link to any map hosted on MapBox, it will show up inline on Twitter.com and in Twitter’s mobile apps. Your custom styles and markers...
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Using Google Fusion Tables to Add Real-Time Feeds to MapBox Maps
Last Thursday the United Nations opened an inquiry into the “civilian impact of the use of drones and other forms of targeted killing.” Data - data about casualties, targets, frequency, and other...
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Growing the MapBox Satellite Team
We’re looking for a satellite imagery intern to join the MapBox team. You’ll be joining a hard working and close-knit team of purpose-driven developers, designers, and communicators. We’re a diverse...
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Gearing Up for Tizen, Firefox OS, and the New Mobile Platforms
At MapBox we’re getting ready for the release of Tizen, an open source operating system jointly designed by Samsung and Intel.Since Apple introduced iPhone and iOS in 2007, mobile devices and mobile...
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A New Editor for OpenStreetMap: iD
Today we are announcing the launch of ideditor.com, home of the web-based OpenStreetMap editor iD currently in Alpha phase. This launch marks our stepped up involvement in the development of this...
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Experimenting With iBooks Author and Widgets
While most of my time is spent working on the MapBox iOS SDK and helping developers make great native apps, I am constantly on the lookout for new ways to integrate MapBox technologies into mobile...
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Innovative Map-powered Designs
.prose img { margin:40px auto; box-shadow:rgba(0,0,0,0.25) 0px 2px 20px 5px; } Designers and developers have been pushing the boundaries of how MapBox is used in websites and applications. Over the...
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Mapping the Lights of the Night
The Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership (NPP) is one the newest U.S. Government satellites orbiting the earth, providing beautiful, open public domain imagery, thanks to U.S. taxpayers, and the...
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