Mapbox Satellite Update

Mapbox has begun adding novel satellite imagery from Worldview-3. Worldview-3 was launched 2 weeks agone in addition to is already providing unrivaled satellite imagery of the Earth, at 31 centimeter (12 inch) resolution.

Mapbox has at 1 time begun to add together satellite Imagery from Worldview-3 to Mapbox satellite view. The starting fourth dimension update to the imagery is but a pocket-size three km² surface area around Madrid’s airport. This pocket-size update is plenty to encounter that Worldview-3 tin john last used yesteryear Mapbox to furnish detailed satellite imagery which is at to the lowest degree on a par alongside airplane captured aerial imagery.

The Mapbox blog has a actually overnice map of the novel satellite imagery, which is virtually equally impressive equally the imagery itself. The map highlights some of the especial captured yesteryear Worldview-3 at Madrid airdrome using the novel Mapbox GL mapping platform.

The map uses Mapbox GL's panTo, flyTo in addition to rotateTo methods to seamlessly pan in addition to rotate the map to novel locations. These place updates are fired yesteryear the user equally they scroll through the map sidebar. As the user scrolls through the data provided inwards the map sidebar the map automatically pans in addition to rotates to present the place beingness explored inwards the text.