Published in maps for developers·Jul 17, 2018Visualizing street orientations on an interactive mapCities can look and feel very different depending on how they were planned and built, and this is especially apparent when you explore them from above, on a map. Some cities strictly align to a grid, others seem like they grew without any structure, and in some cases, patterns only…Built With Mapbox3 min readBuilt With Mapbox3 min read
Published in maps for developers·Oct 30, 2017Introducing heatmaps in Mapbox GL JSBy: Vladimir Agafonkin With the 0.41 release of Mapbox GL JS (and mobile SDKs to follow), we’re introducing heatmaps — a beautiful way to visualize and explore massive point datasets. A heatmap is a data visualization where a range of colors represent the density of points in a particular area…Data Visualization6 min readData Visualization6 min read
Published in maps for developers·Jul 27, 2017How I built a wind map with WebGLCheck out my WebGL-based wind power simulation demo! Let’s dive into how it works under the hood. I have an unflattering confession to make: for the last few years working at Mapbox, I avoided direct OpenGL/WebGL programming like a plague. For one reason: the OpenGL API and terminology deeply terrified…Weather10 min readWeather10 min read
Published in maps for developers·Apr 27, 2017A dive into spatial search algorithmsSearching through millions of points in an instant — I’m obsessed with software performance. One of my main responsibilities at Mapbox is discovering ways to make our mapping platform faster. And when it comes to processing and displaying spatial data at scale, there’s no concept more useful and important than a spatial index. Spatial indices are a family of…Programming8 min readProgramming8 min read
Mar 15, 2015How to Give Awesome Public Talksa guide by an introvert — speaking about data visualization performance at FrontTrends 2013, Warsaw I’m by no means an expert on talks. But, as an introvert, I overcame the fear of public speaking, gave dozens of talks at tech conferences, made lots of mistakes, and listened to hundreds of other speakers over the last years. …Speaking6 min readSpeaking6 min read
