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Chris Whong

@chriswhong

Urbanist, technologist, data head. Into #dataviz, #opendata, #webmapping and making cities better. Dev evangelist @Mapbox Teach @nyuwagner

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BUILD with Mapbox is back this September 8-12 πŸš€

Join a week packed with virtual keynotes, live demos, and deep dives from Mapbox teams and builders like you.

Register today: bit.ly/3GwBDIB

#BuiltWithMapbox #DeveloperConference

08.07.2025 16:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Call for talks!

Our BUILD with Mapbox virtual event is your opportunity to share your tales from the wild building with Mapbox.

30.06.2025 19:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Isochrones show you the reachable area from a location for a given travel mode.

In #rstats, creating isochrones with @Mapbox web services is easier than you think.

09.05.2025 14:49 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
GeoJSON-LD

Do you mean tilesets-cli? It doesn’t work with regular geojson, it must be line-delimited geojson. geojson.org/geojson-ld/

26.06.2025 15:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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When your data changes often, waiting for a full tileset to reprocess isn’t ideal. That’s why we’ve introduced Incremental Updates β€” a new capability of the Mapbox Tiling Service (MTS) that lets you update only the data that changed, not the entire dataset: bit.ly/3GWqrVm

#BuiltWithMapbox

07.05.2025 19:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

bsky.app/profile/chri...

As true now as it ever was…

30.04.2025 21:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Whong’s Law: Every government agency, everywhere is working on a β€œnew system”; It will solve *all* of their data problems and will be ready to use in 18-24 months.

30.04.2025 21:55 πŸ‘ 81 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

Standby…

30.04.2025 21:55 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for your support!

01.04.2025 02:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How to find New York City's hidden parks and public spaces A former city planner has released a free app that maps open space in private hands.

NYC's hidden parks and public spaces? There's an app for that! The NYC Public Space app by @chriswhong.bsky.social shows nearly 2,800 public spaces in NYC. bit.ly/4hy6CjL @gothamist.com

26.03.2025 12:48 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Seeking Android testers for my NYC Public Space app. DM me your email if you’d like to give it a try!

14.12.2024 20:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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19.11.2024 12:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0