Interactive maps with Mapbox!

Get to know your instructor and what we'll be covering in the course.

We go over some different mapping APIs, strengths, weaknesses, and the differences between them.

So, we're going with Mapbox! Why use it over other maps? What's hard about it?

The crowning glory: Mapbox GL JS. What makes it special-er than other mapping APIs?

What are the common data formats and file types that you'll find online and use for Mapbox? This episode goes over general data information when it comes to geography.

Data can come in a few flavours, but most data is either static (relatively unchanging) or dynamic (from an API or a live source). This and the following episode go over some examples of finding and working with data online.

Data can come in a few flavours, but most data is either static (relatively unchanging) or dynamic (from an API or a live source). This and the previous episode go over some examples of finding and working with data online, including Open Street Map exports.

Datasets can come into Mapbox as geoJSON or CSV. They have to have specific formats that Mapbox can be very strict about, and they have size limits as well.

This video goes over the Mapbox interface for editing datasets. See the previous video for more information about datasets more generally.

Datasets generally represent geoJSON data uploaded to Mapbox, or created inside the Dataset editor. This episode goes over the interface and concept briefly.

Tilesets are pre-rendered collections of vector data generated from datasets or uploaded on their own. There are many data formats allowed, and specific size formats.

Tilesets can be a little confusing, since you can't edit the data much directly, but you can style it and use the data in your analyses. Zoom levels may be restricted, we will touch on that in later episodes.

There's tons of things that can go wrong with your Mapbox uploads -- size, complexity, zoom extent, and more. GeoJSONs and shapefiles need to be manipulated at times as well.

Zoom extent in particular is a problem for many people new to Mapbox maps. This episode shows you a few strategies for making sure your shapes show up at all zoom levels.

Mapbox Studio Classic is deprecated, but it can still be useful and sometimes even Mapbox recommend you use it. You can print, upload huge files and style them, and do a lot more, but it can be a little old at times!

What is a Mapbox Style? How do you navigate in the interface? This episode gets you introduced to the Studio tool and its complexities.

Learn a bit about how to interact with layers, add and hide them, and style line features.

Learn more about Mapbox Studio breakpoints when styling at zoom levels. More complex line styling also included here.

Learn how to style markers, symbols, and text in Mapbox Studio.

Learn some of the ways to style and change polygons or fills.

How do you set up your geoJSON so you'll be able to style different features differently? This episode shows you how to create a dataset in Mapbox for filtering.

Filtering data inside Mapbox Studio is really useful for "splitting up" data layers by shape or property.

Learn how to load up a GL JS map and setting some basic options.

It takes a little while to understand how data connects between Mapbox Studio and GL JS. This lesson begins to explain that connection!

Learn to add geoJSON sources as well as vector layer sources to your map, and how to interact with them.

Access sources and layers loaded in your Mapbox Style.

Solidify your knowledge of the connection between GL JS and Studio by learning to style in both places. Learn a little about text styling as well in GL JS.