Fun in the Library with Mapbox

Phil White

University of Colorado Boulder

2 fun projects worth sharing

1. Creating Sanborn indexes using Mapbox, GitHub


2. DH webmapping project collab w/ Art professor

What is Mapbox?

• Web mapping platform
• Fun custom basemap styling
• Highly customizable (with a little JavaScript)

Why use Mapbox?

• MapboxGL JS is cutting edge (WebGL rendering, vector tyles) 
• Popular—
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Sanborn Indexes

All credit to Evan Thornberry!! Check out his presentation on urban atlas indexes using Leaflet JS.

Sanborn indexes as webmaps embedded in libguide:

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I followed Evan's method with an update from Leaflet to Mapbox GL:

1. Heads up digitize new layers based on Sanborn index/keymap as GeoJson


2. Store layers on GitHub


3. Create a nifty webmap using Mapbox GL JS


4. Add GeoJson index layers to webmap straight from GitHub


5. Embed maps someplace (like a libguide)

Title Text

1. Creating Sanborn indexes using Mapbox, GitHub


2. DH webmapping project collab w/ Art professor