Closed rasagy closed 6 years ago
Let’s get started! Here’s what each student picked up to work on:
Get started by making a new map style using the Basic
template. You can hide the other layers and only focus on the layer you’ve picked, and explore different ways to style the layer, breaking the layer into multiple layers using Filters, and using property functions to vary styles within a layer.
To know more about the layer, make sure you go through the Layer Reference for Mapbox Streets Source, as well as other styles (like Streets, Light, Outdoors) to learn how these are usually broken/styled.
For icons, feel free to use Maki Icons Editor for styling the icons, or use any free to use icon library like Noun Project and customize them in Illustrators.
For patterns, look for resources like Hero Patterns that have .svg
patterns for downloading (Unfortunately, .png
/.jpg
won’t work).
If you’re using any artwork under the CC license, don’t forget to credit the creator (in your comment+in any final poster you create!)
For more custom map design inspiration, do play with some of these styles created by Designers at Mapbox!
Here are some of my explorations in case you’re looking for more ideas:
Rivers in India
Rivers resembling nerves (unknown place)
WIP version of Landcover + Landuse
Hillside with Contours
Green Landcover
Countries, states and cities
Style 2
Buildings in Paris
Lego city
Concrete jungle
~
New York | If buildings were trees
ferry rides in mumbai
Font Explorations ( low legibility 😞 )
Font Explorations ( better legibility 😄 )
Working with POI (Restaurants, Pubs, Cafes, Desserts etc.) in the Indiranagar region of Bangalore.
Also, switched to a dark theme to keep the icons (POI) on the foreground.
road connectivity in india WIP
Great work, and thanks for updating your comments with more examples & compilations (especially @aromalram!)
With this exploration, I’m hoping each student in the class will feel comfortable with the layer they work on — if someone else gets stuck when styling a particular layer, you know who to ask amongst your class for help! 😉
Closing this, feel free to continue updating your comments with compilations or final posters etc. if you want.
Hey @mapschool/infdpg16! Now that we’ve played a bit with Cartogram and started seeing how Mapbox Studio works, let’s take a deep dive into the data that powers Mapbox maps, and the amount of customizability that we can get in Mapbox Studio.
We’ll split the class so each person will work on one of the layers in Mapbox Streets Source and work on creating multiple styles with that tileset.
Here are some inspiring projects that focus on a part of a map: