Wikimapia VS Mapbox

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Wikimapia mentions (13)

• Open Infrastructure Map

  Wikimapia has some of those, with links or sometimes descriptions with photos. http://wikimapia.org. - Source: Hacker News / 3 months ago

• Prosperity and Precarity in Imperial Russia's Long Nineteenth Century

  Wikipedia article for Chikino states that the pedestal for the monument commemorating the visit of Alexander II was later used for the monument of Karl Marx, then for the monument of Stalin (neither of those two fellows ever visited the place, as far as I know). Quite a convenient object, now in the need of some stucco.... - Source: Hacker News / 8 months ago

• Humor and cynicism of the operators at Area 51

  It's still up http://wikimapia.org/ (not https for some reason?). Source: 11 months ago

• Trying to get someone from every province to comment Day 1

  Somewhat oftopic but why we guys aint using this ABSOLUTE BRILLIANT web service : wikimapia.org anymore? Long live the regions! Source: over 1 year ago

• FoRL ⬜🟦⬜ seeks to derail 🚂 Putin regime with these train-wrecking insurgency tactics published for all RF resistance members to act upon asap!

  It is advisable to choose rail tracks leading to military units or other government facilities in order to avoid possible civilian casualties. To search, we recommend using wikimapia.org, military installations are indicated there, which are not visible on ordinary maps. Also, according to satellite maps, you can assess how the object is "operating". For example, at the base, to which the branch you have chosen... Source: almost 2 years ago

Mapbox mentions (12)

• Ask HN: Side project of more that $2k monthly revenue what's your project?

  Yeah domain knowledge/network is definitely needed, I am working with a friend who has that, it's a must in this field because it's almost set in the stone age. Google maps was crazy expensive I went with Mapbox[1] for now which seems to have enough features and is less expensive. [1] https://mapbox.com/. - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago

• "Next Valley" My single-screen Windows theme

  ​ |Developer Notes| |:-| |Optional Power Shortcuts - Provides shortcuts to deeper links. Example: I wanted a one-touch button that opens the Developer Options menu. This app does this. Not required for core functionality of the theme.| |Allows 4 custom wallpapers, either local files or web links. Includes 2 add'l wallpapers pulled from Bing Daily and r/earthporn.| |The location and weather panel has a live map... Source: over 1 year ago

• NEXT VALLEY - A single-screen Windows theme for KLWP [Sharing the whole damn thing]

  The location and weather panel has a live map displayed. Well, it won't for you, unless you grab a free API key from mapbox.com and paste it in the 1st global. Source: over 1 year ago

• QGIS in PowerBI

  If you want to show polygons it is a bit more difficult. With the above map functions you can create a Choropleth map by using predefined regions (like countries, states etc.). But for custom polygons it won't work. You can either use ArcGIS Online in combination with the ArcGIS Maps for Power BI viz or use the Mapbox Visual function (you need to install this one first by pressing "Get more visuals"). You can... Source: over 1 year ago

• How is this map made?

  They are using mapbox.com service and their API to build this map. Source: about 2 years ago