Episode 23
Maps with Alex Barth
June 22, 2012
Alex Barth joins Jen Simmons to talk about maps. What is happening with the new Apple Maps? What options for web developers and app developers are there beyond Google Maps? Where can people get map data and what tools are needed to implement maps?
Show Notes
- Apple - iOS 6 Preview - Maps
- MapBox | Fast and beautiful maps
- MapBox iOS SDK | MapBox
- WWDC Keynote — Maps at iOS 1:38:35
- Apple selects TomTom as primary iOS 6 maps provider (update: confirmed) -- Engadget
- Development Seed
- Alex Barth at Development Seed
- Alex Barth (lxbarth) on Twitter
- Alex Barth (lxbarth) on Github
- With “Flyover” 3D Rendering And Yelp/Siri Integration, Apple Maps Makes Google Maps Look Like Child’s Play | TechCrunch
- Google Maps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- BBC NEWS | UK | Online maps 'wiping out history'
- Web mapping - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Data.gov
- data.gov.uk | Opening up government
- NYC Open Data
- Development Seed (development seed) on GitHub
- MapBox (mapbox) on GitHub
- Leaflet - a modern, lightweight JavaScript library for interactive maps by CloudMade
- Mapnik - OpenStreetMap Wiki
- Modest Maps | Home
- Horn of Africa Crisis Interactive Map | ONE
- OpenStreetMap
- U.S. Census Map
- Opportunity Index
- World Bank Climate Data
- New York Health Department Restaurant Ratings Map - Interactive Map - NYTimes.com
- maps.stamen.com