•extremely lightweight and simple •extremely easy to get started •huge community, tons of plugins •stable as a mountain •works everywhere (i.e. legacy browsers)
• maps as background • mostly static • top-down, north-oriented • a rigid set of zoom levels • some simple vectors/icons on top • conceptually the same as 14 years ago Web maps status quo:
Mapbox vision for maps: living, breathing, fluid, rich, powerful experiences that make you feel connected to the world Games did it for decades; why not maps?