mapbox-blr-js-notes.md

Mapbox BLR JS workshop

Notes for February 28 2015 workshop https://www.mapbox.com/blog/make-a-map-blr/

General resources

• http://mapschool.io/
• Mapbox guides https://www.mapbox.com/guides/

Mapbox.js

• Get started here: https://www.mapbox.com/mapbox.js/example/v1.0.0/
• Our example: http://bl.ocks.org/lxbarth/8f101973e1d6c6f8efda
• Directions https://www.mapbox.com/mapbox.js/example/v1.0.0/mapbox-directions/

Turf

• Bezier curves http://bl.ocks.org/2ff3717b1dcd6fb04271
• Convex hull http://bl.ocks.org/6a3c1842c8357cf5332f
• Dots following a line https://www.mapbox.com/blog/playback-the-iditarod-with-turf/
• Heat map https://www.mapbox.com/blog/heatmaps-and-grids-with-turf/

Other good stuff

• PostGIS
• Overpass Turbo http://overpass-turbo.eu/
• http://bl.ocks.org/
• GH Pages https://pages.github.com/
• If you're into Python: Fiona and Shapely http://www.macwright.org/2012/10/31/gis-with-python-shapely-fiona.html
• If you'd like to build your own OSM rendering database https://github.com/openstreetmap/osm2pgsql
• Convert from geojson to vector tiles fast with https://github.com/mapbox/tippecanoe
• The future of maps - GL - https://www.mapbox.com/mapbox-gl/
• Surface API https://www.mapbox.com/blog/introducing-the-surface-api/
• Plan a ride https://www.mapbox.com/blog/dc-bikeshare-revisited/
• Icons https://www.mapbox.com/maki/ - use together with https://github.com/mapbox/simplestyle-spec