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Mappers across Africa share data with their leaders
By Mikel MaronAfrican leaders meet today in Nairobi to plan and commit to creating and using data to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals so that all are counted. Meanwhile, young people across...
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Welcome, Lingineni Naga Bhavana!
By Abhishek SaikiaWe’re excited to welcome Lingineni Naga Bhavana to the data team! She will be focusing on high precision content creation in OpenStreetMap using satellite imagery, telemetry, street...
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Instant maps with Cartogram
By: Brynne MorrisCartogram is our new drag-and-drop tool to create a custom map in seconds.Just upload a picture, select the colors you want, and get a map that fits your brand and style. These maps...
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A dive into spatial search algorithms
Searching through millions of points in an instantA visualization of an R-tree for 138k populated places on EarthI’m obsessed with software performance. One of my main responsibilities at Mapbox is...
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The definitive cheat sheet of Studio’s keyboard shortcuts
By: Dana SulitDid you know that Mapbox Studio provides keyboard shortcuts for the main actions in the style editor and the dataset editor? We just added tooltips that reveal all the available shortcuts...
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Mapbox helps power Snap Map
By: Bersabel TadesseOn June 21st, I watched as thousands of people flocked to Stonehenge to witness the sunrise and bring in the first day of summer. A second later, I was in Mecca watching first-hand...
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Welcome, Bhojaraj Basavanagowdara!
By: Abhishek SaikiaWe’re excited to welcome Bhojaraj Basavanagowdara to the data team! He will focus on creating and maintaining high quality data in OpenStreetMap using satellite imagery and...
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Welcome to the team, Kelvin Matthew!
By: Abhishek SaikiaWe’re excited to welcome Kelvin Mathew to the data team! He will be focusing on high-quality content creation for OpenStreetMap using telemetry, satellite imagery, and other...
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Designing North Star
By: Nathaniel SlaughterMeet North Star, our latest designer style, ready to be used in your app or customized in Studio.North Star was inspired by older, nautical themed maps, such as the US Coast...
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How to localize your maps in Mapbox GL JS
By: Lukas MartinelliLocalize your web map instantly using the new Mapbox GL language plugin for Mapbox GL JS. Just drop in the plugin and switch the labels to the language that best suits your users...
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Maps, Mapbox, and State of the Map!
By: Jinal FofliaThe strength of OpenStreetMap is in the relationships — both online and in person. State of the Map conferences celebrate the essence of these communities that are so integral to...
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Welcome aboard, Samara Steinberg!
By: Ryan BaumannWe’re excited to have Samara Steinberg join the Recruiting team in our San Francisco office! She will recruit across our offices and teams, and will be helping to develop and implement...
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We support Net Neutrality. Still.
By: Michael SteffenWe’re built on open source software, open data, and open standards, but all this work depends on an open Internet. We’ve built global infrastructure to serve beautiful maps insanely...
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Building a Heads-Up navigation display
By: Dan NesfederWith an Android or iOS phone, a $30 universal HUD mount, and the Mapbox Navigation SDK you can create a heads-up display showing a car’s speed, alerts, or even navigation information.To...
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Creating a new “Standard”
A custom designer mapBy: Saman Bemel-BenrudIntroducing Standard, a retro inspired map ready to be used for planning road trips, telling location-based stories, or added to Mapbox Studio for you to...
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Mapbox Alexa Skill, now with traffic maps
By: Antonio ZugaldiaWe recently bought a few Echo Show devices for the office. The first thing I did when they arrived was to update the Mapbox Skill to show maps. Here’s how it works:Adding...
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Updating 8.2 million km² of high-resolution satellite imagery
That’s roughly the size of BrazilBy: Camilla MahonWe just purchased 8.2 million km² of high-resolution satellite imagery from DigitalGlobe: enough to cover 10,000 metropolitan areas the size of New...
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Introducing the new Mapbox Help page
By: Colleen McGinnisOur support team just launched a new Help page! Whether you’re just getting started with Mapbox, or you’re looking to dig into how our tools work, the Help page’s fresh new design...
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Building a location-based game in 20 minutes
By: David RhodesWe just got back from Unite Europe in Amsterdam and had a great time connecting with the many artists and developers building with our Maps SDK for Unity. Thanks to those who stopped by...
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New plugins for our Android SDK
By: Cameron MaceDisplaying 3D structures and showing a user’s current location are now simple features you can add to your mobile app with a few lines of code. A couple months ago, we introduced...
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