Open-source 3D map engine from @mapzen

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Joined May 2015
Interactive 3D map experiment in the browser using a tiling displacement texture. Shout out to @TangramJS for the heightmaps. What an amazing resource! tangrams.github.io/heightmap…
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Really saddened to see @mapzen shutting down. Their @TangramJS mapping engine is great for data mapping and will live on. I built some fun interactive maps based on it.
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Mapzen is building open-source tools to use map data in Unity3D! Want to try it out? Let us know what you think, and check out our demo game, Super Map Ball! mapzen.com/blog/tangram-unit… github.com/tangrams/tangram-…
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[zooms in on the Mandelbrot set] you can get a turkey out of it
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TangramJS retweeted
Tangram Manhattan PNG traced in lllustrator and simplified and plotted with Axidraw cc @mewo2 @mapzen
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Building a specialized elevation view for iOS that renders @mapzen terrain tiles.
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The buried lede here is that we're launching a little spheremap painting gui called Kinkade! mapzen.com/tangram/kinkade
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In path of totality today? Send us fun photos! You may end up in this piece (with some beautiful @Jon_McN illos)! nytimes.com/interactive/2017…
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manual @TangramJS
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Btw, I'm using there unconventional mix of @mapzen vector basemap with data tilesets hosted at @Mapbox 😀Rendering done with @TangramJS xitter.cf/delfrrr/status/8893663…
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Before @mapzen 's Tangram there was... xitter.cf/RealCoryEdwards/status…
Fascinating BTS of "Escape From New York": they couldn't afford real CGI for the glider display so used glow-in-the-dark tape on a model.
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Metal buildings and glow taxi routes in Cape Town🤣 . #webgl #mapbox #echarts #dataviz
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Constant supply of eye candy is the best thing about working at @mapbox 😍This is made w/ @unity3d + @mapbox xitter.cf/brnkhy/status/87550910…
Some beauty shots from Manhattan with new chamfer mod and fancy lighting. #procgen #gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity #unity3d
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Finally put up this postmortem about how we animated our Antarctica ice flow maps dwtkns.com/posts/2017-06-13-… nytimes.com/interactive/2017…
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Need higher rate limits for vector tiles, search and routing? Now you can get them with Mapzen Flex! mapzen.com/blog/mapzen-flex/
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This is amazing! Together with @MaptimeSF, @Mapbox shipped ~140000💥 buildings height data to @openstreetmap. openstreetmap.org/user/Cheta…
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Blog post about my latest graphics work @mapzen - The Twists and Turns of Curved Labels - mapzen.com/blog/curved-label… – at Manhattan, NY
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