Web Mapping

This guide highlights library and internet resources that allow you to create maps online.

Introduction

Mapbox is a open source mapping platform for developers. Their building blocks make it easy to integrate location into any mobile or online application. They want to change the way people move around cities and understand our planet.

Mapbox
With Mapbox you can create a map or create an app. There are numerous tools available for you to use and experiment.
Mapbox Help
If you want to Design a Map, Build an Mobile App, Build a Web App or Analyze Data, they have instructions for all of those and more.
How Mapbox Works
Solutions using Mapbox
See how different industries have used Mapbox.
Map Gallery for Mapbox
Showcase for Mapbox
How different companies have used Mapbox.
Mapbox on Vimeo
StoryMapJS
StoryMapJS is a free tool to help you tell stories on the web that highlight the locations of a series of events.

Library resources for Mapbox

Web cartography: map design for interactive and mobile devices by Ian Muehlenhaus
Call Number: Baker-Berry GA 102.4 .E4 M82 2014
ISBN: 9781439876220
Web mapping technologies continue to evolve at an incredible pace. Technology is but one facet of web map creation, however. Map design, aesthetics, and user-interactivity are equally important for effective map communication.
There is a chapter on the Mapbox API.