On: Vector Tiles for MapBox Streets

[nodesocket]

Good god, their design is amazing. Visually it is just beautiful to look at and ascetically pleasing. Is it based on any framework or library?

http://mapbox.com

And the tour:

http://mapbox.com/tour/

[ManAboutCouch → nodesocket]

Their MapBox.js library is a plugin for the increasingly popular Leaflet.js mapping library: http://mapbox.com/mapbox.js/api/v1.0.2/

As an aside, MapBox (via funding from the Knight Foundation) is also behind the shiny new iD Editor for OpenStreetMap: http://ideditor.com/

[tmcw → nodesocket]

> Is it based on any framework or library?

Nope. We have started to use a common set of base styles ( https://github.com/samanpwbb/fresh-start ) but those are basically a reset.css + columns, etc.

[TheAnimus → nodesocket]

I love the style and yet how customisable it is. I've sent this to a friend of mine who's colour blind, one of his favourite hobbies has been ranting about how goolge/bing/here maps don't take into account his disability (in fairness, his is pretty rare).

[pbo → nodesocket]

http://maps.stamen.com shows the same kind of map transformations and is also based on OpenStreetMap. The Watercolor style is especially gorgeous in my opinion.