A decade ago, Stamen Design launched the Toner, Terrain, and Watercolor map styles built on OpenStreetMap data, which soon became an essential part of the open source mapping ecosystem. Last year we partnered with Stadia Maps to create all new versions of the Toner and Terrain maps, based on a modern mapping stack of vector tiles to keep them running for the next generation. In this presentation, we will discuss the opportunities and challenges of redesigning familiar map styles using a totally new set of tools, while still staying true to the well-loved aesthetics of the original maps.
Links from the presentation:
https://subdued.social/@alan
https://vis.social/@stamen
https://en.osm.town/@stadiamaps
“Our Brilliant Friend: Stamen and OpenStreetMap through the years” https://sta.mn/q7s
Luke Seelenbinder at SotM EU: “Stadia x Stamen: A New Era for Stamen Map Tiles” https://sta.mn/kdc
"The Many Lives of Null Island" https://sta.mn/p64
“Familiar maps, brand new data” https://sta.mn/z4q
"Terrain behind the scenes" https://sta.mn/q2c
“Helvetica is more than a font, it’s a state of mind” https://sta.mn/dgc
Developing an Open-Source Cartography Toolkit” https://sta.mn/hbj
“Harnessing modern vector cartography” https://sta.mn/f3j
Client-side language switching demo: https://etymology.dsantini.it
“The end of the road for Stamen’s legacy map tiles” https://sta.mn/hh4
“Watercolor process” https://sta.mn/qn4
”Watercolor map tiles now in the Smithsonian’s permanent collection” https://sta.mn/x4q