Map design
This section has the resources you’ll need when designing a custom map.
Tutorials
Many tasks in map design can be achieved in two ways: programmatically using our SDK JS, or in our visual editor Customize. We have tutorials for both:
- Developer tutorials for the SDK JS
- No code tutorials for the visual editor
Advanced resources
Our online resources include all our maps, additional data that you can enhance the maps with, and detailed specifications of both to help you out with advanced design tasks.
Maps
A map consists of two things: raw map data and a map style document (JSON), which defines the design of the map and visual styling of the data in it.
- Available map styles for instant use or customization
- GL style specification for advanced style config and creating map styles by hand
Data
Raw map data come in datasets of several types. Most MapTiler data is packaged in tilesets containing map tiles ready for building zoomable maps.
- Available datasets with global, up-to-date data to add to your maps
- Dataset documentation to learn what datasets we offer and how to use them
- Schemas with detailed description of our vector tilesets
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