Product Description
Mapbox offers a set of tools aimed at map integration in an application or website. Mapbox provides custom online maps, as well as an open API and its documentation.
Market Suggested Retail Price
$499.00
Distributors / Implementing Organizations
Mapbox, Ushahidi, Catholic Charities, The World Bank, United Nations Development Program
Manufacturing/Building Method
Software development
Intellectural Property Type
Other
User Provision Model
There are several options, starting at a free use license. Full list of services provided can be found here
Distributions to Date Status
Mapbox is used by 150,000 active developers each month, taking part in more than 45,000 apps, and reaching over 600 million active users.
Design Specifications
Mapbox provides a detailed overview of how to interact with map data SDKs and their APIs. It also allows the possibility of integrating visualizations into the maps, providing customization of maps with data sets that organizations collect. Mapbox is active in the Open Street Map and Humanitarian Open Street Map development communities.
Technical Support
Support is provided by Mapbox as a part of the subscription.
Replacement Components
N/A
Lifecycle
Major update releases every 1-2 years.
Manufacturer Specified Performance Parameters
To enable developers to focus on application design by providing technical solutions to map and location integration such as SDK and APIs. More specifically to humanitarian response, Mapbox is committed to providing the data, imagery and services to help support disaster response.
Vetted Performance Status
UNDP has used Mapbox to track over 4,000 projects in 151 countries, in 2020. On the other hand, Mapbox reports that, every month, over 150,000 developers integrate Mapbox's services with their projects.
Safety
N/A
Complementary Technical Systems
Mobile data collection applications
Academic Research and References
Eriksson, O., Rydkvist, E., 2015, An in-depth analysis of dynamically rendered vector-based maps with WebGL using Mapbox GL JS (Dissertation)
Cadenas, C., 2014, Geovisualization: Integration and Visualization of Multiple Datasets Using Mapbox, California Polytechnic State University – San Luis Obispo
Austin, D., Bailey, H., Christopher, J., 2017, Adding Vector Data to Mapbox Studio, GIS and Mapping Task Sheets
Compliance with regulations
According to their Terms of Service Mapbox is in compliance with all local laws and regulations
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