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State of the Art Web Mapping With TileMill Justin Miller MapBox justin@mapbox.com @incanus77 About MapBox Me TileMill This workshop Download & Install http://mapbox.com/tilemill Cross-platform Windows XP

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State of the Art Web Mapping With TileMill

Justin Miller • MapBox

justin@mapbox.com • @incanus77

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About

MapBox
Me
TileMill
This workshop

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Download & Install

http://mapbox.com/tilemill
Cross-platform
Windows XP & up
Mac OS X 10.6 & up
Ubuntu Linux 10.04 & up

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Signup To Publish

http://tiles.mapbox.com/signup
Free to signup & no billing details
Up to 3,000 map views per month
1 map view = 15 tiles

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Authenticate TileMill

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Break

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Supported Formats

Esri Shapefile
GeoTIFF
PostGIS
SQLite
CSV
KML
GeoJSON

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CartoCSS is Code

#borders { line-color: #fff; line-width: 3; }

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Symbolizers

Line (for lines &

polygons)

Polygon (for polygons)
Point (for points)
Text (for points, lines,

and polygons)

Shield (for points &

lines)

Line Pattern (for lines &

polygons)

Polygon Pattern (for

polygons)

Raster (for rasters)
Markers (for points,

lines, & polygons)

Buildings

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Commenting Code

Surround code with /* and */
Works for multiple lines, too
Preface code with //
Works for single lines only

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Using Variables

Variables for features

@water: #000;

Variables for scale or zoom

@z1: 1.5;

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Support

Web-based forums
http://support.mapbox.com
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
irc.freenode.net #mapbox

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Break

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Maki

Free POI icon set
Open source
http://mapbox.com/maki

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Gallery

http://mapbox.com/tilemill/gallery
All made with TileMill
Live & usable

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Friday, April 26, 13

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For More Info

http://mapbox.com/tilemill
http://support.mapbox.com
irc.freenode.net #mapbox
justin@mapbox.com