Hi! I'm @amyleew.
I'm an explainer, helper, and designer @mapbox.

Mapbox is a mapping platform for developers

Change the way people move around cites and understand our planet.

Set of building blocks and tools that make it easy to integrate location.

APIs

Data

Tools

Mapbox Studio

• Vector tile specification
• WebGL renderer (client-side)
• 60 fps: speed and smoothness of video game
• Web + mobile compatiblity

WebGL renderer
Spritesheet + fontstack + source + layers => JSON stylesheet

Blueprint

• In-browser manipulation of map style
• map.setPaintProperty('background', 'background-color', '#e20074');

Mapbox Studio DEMO

• Studio site interface: https://www.mapbox.com/studio/
• Studio style editor:
  • interface overview
  • start blank style
  • create water layer
  • create background layer
  • add custom data
  • create road layer (line)
  • create road labels layer (symbol)
  • create building layer (polygon)
  • publish style

Resources

• What's in a Mapbox Studio style?
• Designing the Swiss Ski style in Mapbox Studio
• Designing the whaam! style in Mapbox Studio
• Designing the Vintage style in Mapbox Studio
• Designing the Blueprint style in Mapbox Studio
• Mapbox help: Design a map
• Mapping artic sea ice in a polar projection
• Mapbox Streets vector tile source guide
• Mapbox GL style spec
• Mapbox blog posts (filter by map design)
• Tippecanoe - tool for making maps from huge datasets

happy mapping!

@amyleew
explainer, helper, and designer
@mapbox