Mapbox Studio For Mac

Mapbox Studio is a fully-featured map maker that helps you create maps for your apps and deliver them with the help of vector tiles.

Mapbox Studio also offers you easy access to comprehensive global datasets such as Mapbox Terrain, Mapbox Streets and Mapbox Satellite without downloading data to your Mac.

Mapbox Studio offers you the option to convert traditional formats such as GeoJSON, Shapefile, GPX and KML and upload them directly upload them to Mapbox in order to deploy vector tiles at scale.

From Mapbox Studio’s user-oriented interface you have access to over 300 pro fonts, ranging from clean, easy-to-read sans-serifs to artistic, stylized scripts. On top of that, Mapbox Studio offers you full control over the design of your maps with the help of aerial imagery, textures and compositing effects, build directly into Mapbox Studio’s style editor.

Moreover, Mapbox Studio is capable to automatically comply to Retina and HiDPI displays, a fact that allows you to make maps for screens and devices at the same time. Thus, you’ll be able to create ready for print images of your maps at up to 600dpi using the image export UI.

It is worth mentioning that Mapbox Studio uses the CartoCSS language to change the look of a map and, as a result, you can adjust the shapes, sizes and colors with the help of specific CartoCSS parameters that can be edited from the right panel of the main window.

You also have the option to add new stylesheet tabs, effortlessly change the style of the buildings and parks, label roads and customize the map according to your preferences. When you are happy with the result, you can upload your project to Mapbox.

Once the map style id deployed, you can use the Map ID and use it in of the MapBox Developers APIs to integrate into your apps and sites.

In conclusion, Mapbox Studio is a smooth-running and reliable OS X application that makes it easy for you to design maps for your applications and websites.