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  1. Blog post on our DC by Night tileset: http://is.gd/4RNLd Maps are made with open DC gov data and are free to download from MapBox
  2. @aj_ashton blogs about designing Afghanistan snow cover maps http://bit.ly/1oukew that let users better visualize potential transport probs.
  3. @tmcw talks about MapBox at #GOSCON at 1:30 pm tomorrow http://bit.ly/2YKokK Talk is "Open Source's Critical Role when Data must be Shared."
  4. RT @aj_ashton Hole in the clouds makes a beautiful picture in Northern Pakistan (Google Maps satellite imagery) http://u.nu/95sr3
  5. Using topography to improve map visualizations: @aj_ashton blogs about the Afghanistan Summer tileset he made http://bit.ly/3xiHYh
  6. Interested in custom map tiles? @rsoden be talking about them and the @MapBox release at WhereCampAfrica tomorrow: http://is.gd/4HB0o
  7. Nice! @samanpwbb's awesome graphic of how we generate custom map tiles in the cloud is on FFFFOUND! http://is.gd/4HuLr
  8. GeoDC meetup tonight http://is.gd/4FSSo and @aj_ashton will talk about 3 custom maps he designed using SRTM data and MapBox's tools
  9. Details on the Nairobi Mapping Party of Kibera: http://bit.ly/1zIk5m (via @ushahidi)
  10. Google doing a big push at #africagis http://is.gd/4EiK0 Map Maker won't be useful until the data is downloadable and the license is fixed
  11. The two maps shipping w/ @ManagingNews - launching today - are finalized, all loaded into the Amazon CDN.
  12. @tmcw + @aj_ashton just submitted their @where20 session proposal "Making Hot Maps Tiles with Open Source tools in the Cloud"
  13. 1st @ManagingNews review: http://is.gd/4skdb "To emphasize this mapping functionality just works, with no additional configuration required"
  14. Afghanistan from the air http://is.gd/4qYuD by Moises Saman @ NYT
  15. Interesting discussions about remote sensing and making high-quality aerial imagery actionable at #ICCM09
  16. @knightfdn investment in open source mapping will help make our free Amazon tools available very soon :)
  17. Amazing NASA image of a late January 2006 snow storm that hit Afghanistan http://is.gd/4kYmy
  18. Loving DC's open data. Putting the final touches on the new "nightvision" theme: http://is.gd/4jqlZ @aj_ashton nails it, thank you meta data
  19. Here's a peak at H1N1 news tracking baselayer map tiles we did for @ManagingNews. Hospitals http://is.gd/4dZwi + schools http://is.gd/4dZLO
  20. Teaming up with @ManagingNews to design and host custom map tiles for the new www.ManagingNews.com release.