The Mappyist Hour - Box of Maps

This week on The Mappiest Hour, Tee and Silas crack open a "Box of Maps" with special guests Blake Thompson and Damon Burgett from Mapbox. The group explores the evolution of web mapping, moving from standard slip maps to complex, browser-based analysis using vector tiles and WebGL. Damon shares his concept of "Hackbox"—creatively misusing tools to build joy division-style elevation maps—while Blake teases the upcoming Vector Tile 3 specification. From training machine learning models on raster data to the "scooter wars" of San Francisco, this episode covers the bleeding edge of geospatial tech.