Designing Fast and Beautiful Maps
Alex and Eric from Development Seed will show how to design beautiful custom maps using MapBox's open source tools.
The session will start with a walk through of how web mapping works. This will include several deep dives into examples to show the art of the possible targeted at both technical and non-technical users. At the halfway point the talk will quickly get hands on and look at how to actually design a custom map in TileMill with users only needing a basic understanding of HTML/CSS. By the end of the session everyone will have seen a slippy, mobile-friendly web map made from scratch and launched on a Drupal site.
Sample fast maps made with TileMill:
- http://www.npr.org/censusmap
- http://horn.wfp.org
- http://japanearthquakerecovery.com
- http://data.nai.org.af
- http://nigeria.mixmarket.org
See other examples on: http://mapbox.com/showcase
Speakers
Time slot:
Tuesday 5:00pm-6:00pm
Room:
Track:
Design and user experience
Experience level:
Intermediate
Questions answered by this session:
How does web mapping really work?
How can I make completely custom maps down to the actual tiles?
How can I make my maps faster?
How can I add custom maps to Drupal and what modules should I use?
How can I have dynamic data show up on my map?
Comments
This will be a great session.
This will be a great session. I definitely want to see this. Dev Seed's work with mapping and Drupal is truly cutting edge, and a driving force in growing Drupal as a world class web platform.
can't wait for this, too bad
can't wait for this, too bad there aren't more mapping sessions at drupalcon!
looking forward to this
looking forward to this
Video Quality
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