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Map Tutorials

Map Tutorials

These are a series of map tutorials aimed at getting you started with maps on the internet.

Beginner - TileMill

Get started with TileMill and create your own choropleth map.

• Demo
• Tutorial

Intermediate - Mapbox.js

This tutorial is aimed at someone who has never created a map with Mapbox.js. Mapbox.js is JavaScript mapping library that gives developers powerful mapping interactivity functions.

• Demo
• Tutorial

Advanced - Mapbox.js

A "kitchen sink" tutorial that goes through advanced Mapbox.js features.

• Demo
• Tutorial

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Working locally

You can either follow along on github.com or download the files and view them on your machine (download). Unzip and cd to the folder. You will need to serve up the files here are two methods:

serve

• Install via npm install -g serve
• Usage: serve
• Open http://localhost:3000 in your browser

SimpleHTTPServer

• Comes with python
• Usage: python -m SimpleHTTPServer
• Open http://localhost:8000 in your browser

If you are not able to serve up the files, you can unzip the folder and open each index.html in a browser (not recommended).