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Better OpenStreetMap data with iD's new imagery offset tool
The iD editor makes adding features to OpenStreetMap as easy as tracing on the map. But background imagery doesn’t always match up perfectly with the real world. Camera distortions, atmospheric...
View ArticleOur Geocoder 💙 Wikipedia
The Mapbox geocoder has always been able to tell you where a place is. Today we’re adding Wikidata IDs to geocoding responses, unlocking the ability to answer other questions about a location.The...
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Qt Framework officially supported
Mapbox GL Native now officially supports Qt, an open-source cross-platform application framework designed to write once, deploy everywhere. Qt is widely used in many industries, including mobile,...
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Voice generated directions in Android apps
Add voice generated directions to your Android app using the Mapbox Android SDK, Mapbox Android Services, and the Android Speech To Text API.To demonstrate how this works, we built an Android app...
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Vector maps in Cocoa applications on OS X
The Mapbox OS X SDK is a community-maintained port of Mapbox GL Native. The same library that powers interactive, customizable vector maps on iOS, Android, and the cross-platform Qt framework runs just...
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Mapbox Streets and Terrain now follow Vector Tile Specification version 2
We upgraded billions of our tiles in Mapbox Streets and Terrain* to follow the updated Mapbox Vector Tile Specification, which are now 100% compatible with our faster GL triangulation library, earcut....
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See you at the Open Data Camp happy hour!
On Saturday, May 14th we’ll be at Puma Social Club, Indiranagar after day one of Open Data Camp Bangalore to continue the conversation around open data and to strengthen the fight against, and curb...
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CityMaps2Go launches offline maps
CityMaps2Go just launched their new travel and offline map guides on iOS using our mobile SDK and Mapbox Streets.You can now browse maps or search for a specific country, province or city to download...
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See you next week at Google I/O
We’ll be down in Mountain View next week for Google I/O 2016, Google’s annual developer event, learning about what’s new in the next version of Android, attending workshops, and answering any questions...
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Updated terrain in Mapbox Outdoors
This week we launched our redesigned maps and announced that our streets and terrain data now follow Vector Tile Specification v2. These two releases come together in the new Mapbox Outdoors map, which...
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Mapbox Streets redesign
This week we launched a redesign of all our maps across all our Mapbox GL APIs, SDKs, and tools. It’s been just over a year since the last significant redesign of our flagship map, Mapbox Streets, and...
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Whiskey distilleries by state with the Mapbox Studio dataset editor
Recently I’ve been working to understand the number of whiskey distilleries in the United States. Thanks to this handy blog post, I’ve been able to use the Mapbox dataset editor to visualize the number...
View ArticleThe end of CartoCSS
This begins with a short story, you can skip to the demo if you want.In late 2010, I started on a map rendering language called CartoCSS. We were working on TileMill, our first-generation map editing...
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See you at the Understanding Risk Forum 2016
Join me along with Heather Leason of the Humanitarian OpenSteetMap Team and Nama Raj Budhathoki of the Kathmandu Living Labs to talk about how OpenStreetMap and digital humanitarians support crisis...
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Angelina Calderon joins Mapbox!
Angelina Calderon has joined the Mapbox team in San Francisco! As a member of our customer success team, Angelina helps Mapbox customers get the most out of the platform.Prior to joining Mapbox,...
View ArticleOlá Rio! High resolution Olympic preview
Brazil’s preparations for this summer’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro have taken six years, $11.1 billion, and transformed parts of the city. High-resolution satellite imagery from DigitalGlobe is...
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Mapbox Satellite Streets redesigned
Last week’s launch of our redesigned maps included a fresh revamp of Mapbox Satellite Streets. Our goal was to add meaningful context of vector data to our vibrant Mapbox Satellite imagery without...
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Ajith Ranka joins Mapbox!
A big welcome to Ajith Ranka, who has joined the Mapbox team! Ajith will focus on improving OpenStreetMap data by building better tools for mapping and validation.Ajith is passionate about good design,...
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Hannah Judge joins Mapbox!
Hannah Judge has joined the Mapbox customer success team in San Francisco! Hannah uses her experience in mapping to help our customers get the most from our maps and APIs.Prior to joining Mapbox,...
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HOT tools to keep up with the OpenStreetMap Community
The OpenStreetMap community and database are moving so fast, it is hard to track all the growth. Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team and Missing Maps have recently launched new tools to understand the...
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