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Tracking @tmcw's prediction

#@tmcw said this:

https://twitter.com/tmcw/status/573902509477085184

#I think this will come true. ##I want to track whenever I see something about @esri doing something very similar to @mapbox (or the wider foss4g community)

#Exhibit 0: http://www.wired.com/2014/07/drone-no-fly-zones-mapbox/
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/where-drones-fly-legally-united-states-180954454/?no-ist

#Exhibit 1: ##Hexbins, just like CartoDB et al has made famous https://twitter.com/spangrud/status/585839505736765440

#Exhibit 2: ##@esri geodev hackerlab = #maptime
https://twitter.com/JimBarry/status/586280723633569793

###bonus: Instagram https://twitter.com/JimBarry/status/586298016165920768
https://instagram.com/EsriGeoDev/

#Exhibit 3: ##Mapping your GPS tracks https://www.mapbox.com/blog/mapping-moves/
http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2015/04/29/bring-your-well-earned-gps-tracks-to-life/

#Exhibit 4-18:
##coolmaps.esri.com
http://coolmaps.esri.com/
Massively powered by Mapbox vector tiles
Only attributed in copyright.txt
Some of these maps are very closely related to maps relased by Mapbox in the past
See: http://coolmaps.esri.com/#1
Versus: https://www.mapbox.com/blog/mapbox-courier/
See: http://coolmaps.esri.com/#5
Versus: https://www.mapbox.com/blog/chicago-crime-with-turf/

#Turf.js
Esri releases GeometryEngine for client-side GIS processing
http://blogs.esri.com/esri/arcgis/2015/09/09/geometryengine-part-1-testing-spatial-relationships-and-editing/

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