case study · 1 min read
Google Maps — a realtime world map on Mapbox
- Timeline
- Side project
- Role
- Solo — engineering
- Stack
- JavaScript
- Mapbox GL
- HTML/CSS
Some overview
Maps are just data with good manners
I wanted to understand what it takes to put a living map on a page: tiles, location and routing.
Getting to work
Where am I, and how do I get there?
- The browser’s geolocation API centres the map on you
- The Mapbox Directions plugin adds A → B routing with traffic, driving, walking and cycling modes
- Standard zoom, rotate and pitch controls
Pausing to reflect
What I learnt
Plain JavaScript and a good SDK go a long way — this one has no framework at all.
