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Clustering millions of points on a map with Supercluster
Last year, I explained how we use dynamic shape simplification and partitioning algorithms to renderhuge polygon and polyline datasets in Mapbox GL JS. This approach unfortunately doesn’t work for...
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Banff in high-res
We just rendered some beautiful, new 12cm imagery of Banff, Canada to our Mapbox Satellite basemap. The Town of Banff is planning another flyover this fall; we’re thrilled to be working with them to...
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Kajari Ghosh joins Mapbox
Welcome Kajari Ghosh to Mapbox! Kajari will be based out of DC, diving into Mapbox Studio, working on performance optimization and our constantly-improving codebase based on Mapbox GL JS and...
View ArticleTracking the world's airliners with Flightradar24
Flightradar24 uses real-time transponder data to track more than 160,000 commercial flights per day. Their 3D visualizations use Mapbox imagery and terrain on a Cesium globe to give 360 degree views of...
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Cameron Mace joins Mapbox
Welcome Cameron Mace! Cameron is joining the mobile and support teams to help developers get the most out of Mapbox Mobile.A native Texan, Cameron graduated from the University of Houston with a...
View ArticleFind your nearest bike station with Bikey
Powered by our iOS SDK, Bikey helps you find your nearest city bike station and lets you know the number of available bikes and parking spaces. You can even get the route to a desired bike station and...
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Rodolfo Wilhelmy joins the team!
Rodolfo Wilhelmy is joining Mapbox! He is jumping into our telemetry data, helping to build our data processing pipeline and improve the map. He will also be working closely with our team in Ayacucho,...
View ArticleMapboxMap for a better Android SDK
Last week we released version 4.0.0 of our Android SDK with support for MapboxMap, a new object that improves testability, compatibility and configurability.How MapboxMap worksWith 4.0.0 we have...
View ArticleOffline maps and more in the iOS SDK
Version 3.2.0 of our iOS SDK is now available, featuring offline maps and improvements to battery performance and static framework installation.Offline mapsOffline maps in the iOS SDK help you avoid...
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Sean Heffernan joins Mapbox!
We’re pumped to welcome Sean, who is joining the Mapbox business team! Sean will be working out of the DC Garage, helping bring new companies to the Mapbox platform and using his consulting experience...
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Keeping Mapbox Telemetry lightweight with hibernation mode
Our open-source iOS SDK collects anonymized, aggregated, ambient location data. While a Mapbox-powered application is running in the background, “hibernation mode” ensures that the SDK only collects...
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Mapbox Light Refresh
Mapbox Light (and Dark) work best as underlays that complement visualizations of all sorts. However, we felt that our previous iterations had become somewhat stark, in terms of both data and design. In...
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See you at Google NYC
Next week, we’ll be presenting the Mapbox Android SDK at the Google NYC office during an event organized by the NYC Google Developer Group (GDG).We’ll focus on the recently launched v4.0 and, in...
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Welcome Julianne Baker Gallegos!
A big welcome to Julianne Baker Gallegos, our newest member of the Operations team. Julianne will based out of our San Francisco office, where she’ll support our entire team and newly expanded SF...
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150,000 buildings imported in Los Angeles!
Earlier this month, local mappers in Los Angeles started importing building footprints frompublic domain data into OpenStreetMap. This is part of the local community’s push to improve building coverage...
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Satellite imagery for low bandwidth environments
Flightradar24 just launched with low bandwidth satellite imagery. If you’re tracking your journey with in-flight Wifi, your 3D map in Flightradar24 will always load fast.To see the maps in action,...
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Developing JOSM plugins for better mapping
The Java OpenStreetMap Editor (JOSM) is our favorite editor for power mapping, and we use plugins to work more efficiently. We’re constantly looking for ways to improve mapping tools, and have built...
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Make your own cartography game with Mapbox GL at our workshop in Bengaluru!
Join us at our Bengaluru office on April 21 to learn about Mapbox GL’s ability to style maps on demand by building a fun geography game from scratch.This is a continuation of our previous workshop in...
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25 years of political donations with MapD
Spending by US presidential campaigns is rising steadily. In 2012, the Obama and Romney campaigns spent more than $1 billion apiece. Democratic and Republican candidates have already spent a total of...
View ArticleSimulating route guidance with Mapbox GL JS and Directions API
To keep pace with high-definition in-car displays, navigation applications need to simulate driving routes smoothly and seamlessly from a driver’s perspective. We’re bringing together Mapbox GL’s fluid...
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