MapBox is a platform for creating custom maps, integrating with social networks like Foursquare and services like Hipmunk to provide relevant points of interest on top of data sourced from the ...

An interesting move from Foursquare, and one that the company says it has done because of a desire to support the startup ecosystem. In a blog post, the company explains that it has done away with ...

Boundless, an open source geographic information systems (GIS) company, has announced a new partnership with Mapbox, a real-time location and mapping platform for developers. The partnership enables ...

If you're a user of foursquare and have logged in since yesterday, you probably noticed the maps look a little different. If you haven't used the service in a few days, the maps are now different ...

Open-source software is not a new concept, but it remains a revolutionary one. We’ve seen it rise steadily over the years with programs like Mozilla Firefox and Wikipedia, built-on the backs of ...

Maps are nothing new; humans have been recording the layout of the world around them for close to 8,000 years. What started out as cave paintings developed into hand-drawn maps on parchment, which ...

The gender behind street names isn't something that we take the time to think about very often. But a new interactive map from Mapbox developer Aruna Sankaranarayanan and her colleagues visualizes ...

The “Mapping Female versus Male Street Names” project on Mapbox, showing the city of Mumbai (all screenshots by the author for Hyperallergic) Running a script and filtering out highways and other ...

At Mapbox's current digs. Mapbox is moving D.C. offices for the second time in a year. Mapbox DC has a new home! We're excited to move to 15th and H St NW at the end ...