- Tilemill (also available for Windows from this link).
- Quantum GIS, but you'll want to install the dependencies first: GDAL Complete 1.9 framework package and GSL framework
- Open Office - This is optional -- any other spreadsheet editor works, often google docs is enough.
- Overview of Tilemill + Mapbox, a great place to start.
- TileMill Guides and Documentation
- TileMill Help Section
- Blog: Learn CartoCSS and Compositing by Customizing Geography Class
- The Insanely Illustrated Guide To Your First Data-Driven Tilemill Map, by Lisa Williams
- QGIS Basics for Journalists, a great intro to Quantum GIS from Knight Digital Media Center.
- Mapbox.js developer documentation, documentation for our new javascript library, MapBox.js
- MapBox Map Site templates
- MapBox.com Help Section
- Blog: Using Google Fusion Tables to Add Real-Time Feeds to MapBox Maps
- Blog: Mapping Crowdsourced Locations with MapBox and Google Docs
- Blog: Video: Tinting MapBox Satellite
- Blog: Richer Customization with MapBox Custom Styles
- Blog: Add Markers to Your Maps
- Geo-google docs, helpful script that enables you to geocode CSV data from within Google Docs
- MapBox Gallery, showing examples of great integration of MapBox maps into larger websites
- TileMill Gallery, inspiring maps created with TileMill
- Data Journalism Handbook, a great intro to visualization/data journalism.